Oaxaca Obtains $76M in Loans to Finance Wind Farm Hispanically Speaking News
go to original September 2, 2012

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a loan of up to $76 million to Impulsora Nacional de Electricidad S. de R. L. de C.V., a subsidiary of Enel Green Power SpA, to support its investment in a 74-megawatt (MW) wind farm in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, in the Mexican State of Oaxaca.

The wind farm, known as Bii Nee Stipa II, is Enel Green Power’s first wind farm in Mexico.

The project supports growing efforts by Mexico to harness wind energy in the “La Ventosa” region of Oaxaca, one of the world’s best regions for wind resources, and to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels to generate electricity. Currently, 75 percent of Mexico’s 60-gigawatts (GW) of total installed electricity generation capacity are derived from fossil fuels.

Oaxaca’s wind industry development began in the 1990s but is only now approaching its real potential. By the end of 2012, wind-based installed capacity in the state will reach around 1.5 GW. With this latest loan, the IDB has approved more than $240 million in financing for wind farms in Oaxaca since 2009.
 

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