
222 Project development in the solar industry
13.2 CURRENT OVERVIEW OF RENEWABLE ENERGY
IN MEXICO: PROGRESS ON THE INTRODUCTION
OF WIND AND SOLAR ENERGY IN THE MEXICAN
MARKET
13.2.1 Wind energy
Although widely considered to be a recent in innovation in Mexico wind energy can
trace its origin in Mexico to 1988, when the government of President Carlos Salinas
de Gortari granted the first permit to a wind farm in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
According to data from the Global Wind Energy Council, the total installed
capacity in Mexico increased from 3 MW in 2005 to 519 MW in 2010. In 2009 and
2010 alone the increase was 156%, as shown in Table 13.3. ...