Wind Energy Power Plants - Central America & the Caribbean (other)

Cerro de Hula Location: Honduras Operator: Mesoamérica Energy Configuration: 51 X 2-MW G87 Operation: 2012 WTG supplier: Gamesa EPC: Iberinco Quick facts: This is the first wind farm in Honduras and increased the country's total installed capacity by 10%. President Porfirio Lobo Sousa laid the foundation stone at the end of January 2011 and the plant was started up almost exactly 1yr later. Cerro de Hula cost $200mn. Photograph courtesy of Iberinco Posted 11 Feb 2012	La Venta-I Location: Mexico Operator: Comision Federal de Electricidad Configuration: 7 X 225-kW V-27 Operation: 1994 WTG supplier: Vestas Photograph courtesy of Comision Federal de Electricidad Posted 18 Sep 2005	La Venta-II Location: Mexico Operator: Iberdrola Renovables Configuration: 121 X 850-kW G52 Operation: 2009 WTG supplier: Gamesa Quick facts: This project is in Juchitán de Zaragoza, in Ejido La Venta. President Calderón officiated at the construction start on 29 Mar 2007. Photograph courtesy of Comision Federal de Electricidad Posted 9 Oct 2010
La Venta-III Location: Mexico Operator: Iberdrola Renovables Configuration: 121 X 850-kV G52 Operation: 2012 WTG supplier: Gamesa EPC: Iberinco Quick facts: This wind farm is located in Santo Domingo de Ingenio, in the Tehuantepec isthmus in Oaxaca state. Iberdrola holds a 20yr PPA with CFE for plant output. The La Venta-III project was also known as La Mata/La Entosa. Photograph courtesy of Iberinco Posted 11 Feb 2012	Tejona Location: Costa Rica Operator: Plantas Eolicas SA Configuration: 55 X 360 kW 33VM-S Operation: 1996 WTG supplier: Kenetech Photograph courtesy of Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad Posted 29 Dec 2003	Tilaran Location: Costa Rica Operator: Enel GreenPower Configuration: 32 X 750 kW NM44 Operation: 1999 WTG supplier: Micon Quick facts: This plant was developed by Energia Global International (later Enel GreenPower) with $24.3mn of loan and grant support from DANIDA, the Central American Bank for Economic Integration, and a consortium of five Costa Rican banks led by Banco Interfin SA. EGI partnered with International Wind Corp and Aerogeneracion de Centro America for the project, whose output is sold to ICE under a 15yr PPA. The plant went online in Aug 1999. Photograph courtesy of Enel Posted 3 Dec 2011
	Wigton Location: Jamaica Operator: Petroleum Corp of Jamaica Configuration: 23 X 900 kW Operation: 2004 WTG supplier: Micon Quick facts: Wigton is Jamaica’s first commercial wind farm and was built by RES with support from the Jamaican and Netherlands governments. Photograph courtesy of Renewable Energy Systems Posted 31 Jul 2004

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