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Leopoldo Rodríguez, president of the Mexican Wind Energy Association (AMDEE), indicated that the country must advance renewable energy sovereignty that will generate jobs as well as human development for the benefit of rural communities. He explained that investments in renewable energies provide social benefits in rural areas with the generation of employment, reconstruction of the social fabric, crime prevention, roots of young people in their land, development of roads, raising income for families, installation of small commerce in the towns, modernization of distant towns and promotion of the productivity of the agricultural field. He explained that green energies have to be a priority in the 2030 Agenda and in the future national energy plan to guarantee the sustainable development of the country. He clarified that “it is false that companies violate the rights of ejidal lands.
In addition, wind projects are not substitutes for governments, however, they do add to official programs for the benefit of rural communities.” In his opinion, citizen consultations for the placement of industrial parks depend on the government, not on companies. “I can say that the people have the last word regarding the America Cell Phone Number List non-installation of a company on their land.” Private investments in the wind sector, he said, have more than 11 thousand permanent jobs in the country, of which 7 thousand are located in the manufacturing of electronic parts for these industries. Likewise, there is the expectation of creating 35 thousand jobs in the next 5 years. Solar and wind energy represent 8% of the energy used by the country, equivalent to avoiding the emission of 13 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year, which is similar to taking 3.3 million cars off the road annually. . “The expected growth of renewable energy in 2020 will not be ideal for Mexico, due to the modification of operating rules that the federal government has established.
We demand long-term certainty and define new investments,” he said. Of the 14 states with wind participation in the country, the leaders are Oaxaca, Tamaulipas, Chihuahua, Zacatecas and Coahuila, which capture most of the private investments that in almost 15 years total 14,000 million dollars. The AMDEE businessmen denounced that the investments that were about to be made have been stopped and registered decreases in profits due to the change in rules caused by the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. They considered that the policies of the current federal government are lax and the regulations that are being established are contrary to free competition, which slows down the social development of rural communities where renewable energy projects are installed. “We cannot live with rules that provide benefits to certain private or public agents. By removing competitiveness from the market, productivity and sustainable business development are lost,” was the businessmen's complaint. The Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE) reports that Mexico is the main Latin American market for attracting investments for wind and solar energy.
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