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Mexico Institute in the News: Sempra Energy gains speed on Mexico wind energy plant

Duncan Wood

An area in Mexico called La Rumorosa has strong wind a San Diego company plans on using for electricity.

Smart Planet, January 23, 2012

Just south of the U.S. border, the rocky desert of northern Baja California harbors what has been dubbed one of the best wind resources in the Americas.

The wind blows steady in La Rumorosa, or “The Murmuring” – a potential renewable energy goldmine not far across the border from Southern California and its insatiable appetite for electricity.

San Diego-based Sempra Energy has accumulated roughly half a million acres in La Rumorosa through various leasing agreements and plans to break ground on a 52-turbine, 156-megawatt wind project by the end of the year...

...According to a 2010 report authored by Wood for the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Mexico’s exploitable wind energy ranges between nine and 12 gigawatts...

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Duncan Wood

Duncan Wood

Vice President for Strategy & New Initiatives; Senior Advisor to the Mexico Institute
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The Mexico Institute seeks to improve understanding, communication, and cooperation between Mexico and the United States by promoting original research, encouraging public discussion, and proposing policy options for enhancing the bilateral relationship. A binational Advisory Board, chaired by Luis Téllez and Earl Anthony Wayne, oversees the work of the Mexico Institute.   Read more