Mexico:

Mexican Government Wants 33 Percent of Energy from Renewable Sources by 2018 (Latin American Herald Tribune)

(Courtesy CIA.gov)

The government wants 33 percent of Mexico’s installed energy capacity to come from renewable sources by 2018, Energy Secretary Pedro Joaquin Coldwell said.

“We are proposing to expand the role of renewable energy to 33 percent of installed capacity by the year 2018,” Coldwell told participants at an energy conference taking place in the southeastern state of Quintana Roo.

Mexico has proven resources to generate more than 18,000 gigawatt hours (GW/h) per year from geothermal, mini-hydraulic, wind, solar and bioenergy sources, the energy secretary said in document distributed at the International Renewable Energy Forum, which ends on Tuesday.

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