Ethics and Ecologics of Wind Energy in Mexico Jessica Deters - The Oredigger
go to original January 27, 2014

"Yes to wind power, but not this way" (Asociación Narcera)

Renewable energy seems to be the way of the future as energy companies search for ways to invest in both clean and renewable sources of energy. However, some of the regions of the world best suited to produce renewable energy, especially wind energy, hold cities, towns, and villages that oppose the harnessing of renewable energy on their land.

The best example of a local community opposing what is viewed as the invasion of wind energy lies in the Isthmus of Mexico. Cymene Howe, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Rice University, studies the ethics and ecologics of wind energy development in this region and presented her research and conclusions on renewable energy development in Oaxaca, Mexico on Jan. 24 as a part of the Hennebach lecture series.

"Energy transitions really compel us to take on a series of ethical considerations," Howe said. Those ethical considerations include "local communities and local dynamics where energy transition projects are taking place" along with "larger climatological, geological and generational kinds of questions that we have when we think about climate change in general."

Ethical considerations involving local communities impact much of the wind energy development in Mexico. Communities receive benefits from the companies that own wind farms that have sprung up on their land, but some say it is not enough.

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