The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) supports Uruguay, with a loan totalling US$107.7million, in its efforts to construct wind farms in two locations – namely El Libertador and Palmatir. The wind farm projects are not new methods of attaining alternative energy sources, but in place to increase and further diversify the energy mix that Uruguay already has.
Uruguay’s current energy mix, that supplies 2.578MW power generation capacity, is comprised of 60% hydropower, 33% fossil fuel, and 7% from biomass and wind. As the dry season reduces the ability to produce as much energy from hydropower, they become vulnerable and are forced to increase their fossil fuel energy production from imported resources.
The output of these wind farms will produce 115MW’s of energy and avoid the emissions of 302 000 metric tons of carbon dioxide a year. For more information about this project and other related IDB, visit their website here.
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