MINING IN MEXICO S - ProMéxico
MINING IN MEXICO S - ProMéxico
MINING IN MEXICO S - ProMéxico
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10 Negocios Photos courtesy of eurocopter / archive<br />
RENEWABLE ENERGY<br />
Powerful<br />
Wind<br />
The Spanish company Renovalia Energy<br />
will build a wind farm in Oaxaca, southern<br />
Mexico, that will have 114 wind turbines<br />
with 228 megawatts of installed capacity<br />
and will be the second largest wind farm<br />
in Mexico.<br />
This latest wind project came to fruition<br />
after a contract of collaboration between<br />
Renovalia Energy International, Desarrollos<br />
Eólicos Mexicanos and Gesa México, the Mex-<br />
ican subsidiary of the Spanish Gamesa Wind.<br />
The Piedra Larga wind farm will cost<br />
300 million euros (about 410 million usd)<br />
and, according to company estimates, it will<br />
produce 841 gigawatt hours (GW/h) of electricity<br />
annually.<br />
The electricity produced will supply 14<br />
plants of Grupo Bimbo, one of the largest<br />
baking companies in the world, for a period<br />
of 15 years.<br />
The annual production of the 228 MW<br />
wind farm will replace 49,020 tons of oil<br />
equivalent (TOE) per year and prevent the<br />
emission into the atmosphere of 342,000 tons<br />
of CO2 per year.<br />
www.renovaliaenergy.es<br />
AEROSPACE<br />
An Ambitious Outlook<br />
French helicopter producer Eurocopter expects<br />
sales in Mexico and the surrounding region<br />
to rise 10% in 2010 from 305 million usd<br />
in 2009. The company, which sells helicopters<br />
to civilians as well as governments and their<br />
militaries, has risen in recent years to become<br />
the market leader in the region, claiming a<br />
57% share in 2009, up from 34% in 2004.<br />
The sales outlook applies to Mexico, Central<br />
America and the Caribbean, in addition<br />
to Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador. The<br />
company delivered 24 helicopters last year to<br />
those countries.<br />
In addition Eurocopter, a subsidiary of Airbus<br />
parent European Aeronautic Defence &<br />
Space, is developing a long-term program to<br />
eventually assemble complete helicopters in<br />
Mexico, where it currently has a service facility<br />
in its hangar at Benito Juárez International<br />
Airport in Mexico City.<br />
www.eurocopter.com<br />
AUTOMOTIVE<br />
Fast & Safe<br />
According to figures<br />
from the Mexican<br />
Automotive Industry<br />
Association (AMIA, by<br />
its Spanish acronym),<br />
car production in<br />
Mexico rose 102.4%<br />
and exports soared<br />
123.6% in January<br />
2010. In that month,<br />
Mexico produced<br />
165,058 vehicles and<br />
114,193 units were<br />
exported, mainly to<br />
the US.<br />
During 2009,<br />
Mexico assembled<br />
1.56 million units and<br />
placed itself within the<br />
“top ten” producers in<br />
the world.<br />
www.amia.com.mx
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