USA, Latin America:

President Obama and Leaders of Mexico and Central America Expand Low Carbon Electricity Cooperation (U.S. State Dept. News Release)

President Barack Obama greets President
Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico at the Palacio
Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico, May 2, 2013.
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

During his May 2-4 visit to Mexico and Costa Rica, President Obama met with heads of state of Central America, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic to discuss U.S. economic engagement and the Connecting the Americas 2022 (Connect 2022) initiative, launched by Colombia at the 2012 Summit of the Americas.

As a key component of the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas, Connect 2022 seeks to provide, within a decade, all citizens of the hemisphere with access to reliable, clean, and affordable electricity through increased electrical interconnection.

The United States is supporting these efforts. U.S. companies are now associated with over 4 GWe lower carbon generation capacity in Mesoamerica...... including Nevada’s Ormat Technologies, Inc. which will soon break ground on a 35 MWe geothermal plant – Honduras’ first. Ormat also operates and plans to expand on plants in Guatemala.

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