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RENEWABLE ENERGY
EGP Starts Operations
of its New Wind Farm
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Enel Green Power (EGP) has started operations at its first wind
farm in Mexico, Bii Nee Stipa II.
The plant, which leverages on the excellent wind resources
that characterise the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, located in the
state of Oaxaca, has a load factor of around 40%. The fully-operational
plant is able to generate over 250 million kWh of clean
energy annually, therefore avoiding atmospheric emissions of
over 100,000 tons of CO 2
every year.
With the start of operations of this new facility, EGP has
strengthened its footprint in the promising Mexican renewables
market, which the Group has been present in since 2007
in the hydroelectric sector. Bii Nee Stipa II now lines up alongside
the three hydroelectric plants which, with a total installed
capacity of 53 MW, generated over 230 million kWh of zeroemissions
energy in 2011.
Developed and built by Gamesa the plant is comprised of 37
Gamesa wind turbines of 2 MW each, for a total installed capacity
of 74 MW. Total investment for the construction of Bii Nee
Stipa II amounts to about 160 million usd.
www.enelgreenpower.com
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CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
Building
a Green Future
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Cemex has introduced its Ecoperating seal that will identify the
products and services from the firm’s portfolio of building solutions
that have an outstanding sustainability performance.
Ecoperating is a seal that was developed through a rigorous
internal process that measures the environmental or social impact
of a wide range of building solutions that Cemex offer: from products
like low CO 2
cement or concrete, to services such as paperless
invoicing, to construction solutions like concrete pavements
with smart LED lighting, to initiatives to build affordable housing,
and to increase the use of alternative fuels derived from industrial,
agricultural and residential waste.
The Ecoperating seal was introduced in June 2012 in a number
of Cemex’s cement and concrete products in Croatia, will
be introduced in Egypt, the Philippines, Colombia, Costa Rica
and Mexico during the third quarter of 2012, and in countries in
Northern Europe, South America and the Caribbean and Asia
during the fourth quarter of 2012 and the first half of 2013.
www.cemex.com
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BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
Mexico Holds the World’s
Leading Position in Near-shoring
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Reflecting continued rising labor and
other manufacturing costs for imports
from faraway places like China, “nearshoring”
continues to be seen as an opportunity
to serve US demand by about
half of C-level and other senior executives
of manufacturing-oriented companies,
and while 35% of that number view
manufacturing inside the US as the most
attractive choice for such re-sourcing –up
from 21% in 2011– 50% view last year’s
top choice, Mexico, as the No. 1 choice
again in 2012. That is s according to a
survey of C-level and other senior executives
in manufacturing-oriented companies
that sell into the US market released
by AlixPartners, the global business advisory
firm.
According to the survey, Mexico’s average
ranking for attractiveness among
those likely to near-shore was more than
seven times that of Brazil’s and countries
in Central America combined.
The survey also polled executives on
plans to off-shore current US operations,
and found that 37% of respondents have
already completed or are in the process of
off-shoring, while 27% expect to off-shore
US operations within the next three years.
Of those who have off-shored or plan to
off-shore, Mexico also topped the list as
the most attractive locale, beating out
the BRIC countries.
Highlighting geographical proximity
and improvements in transportation
services, 63% of senior executives chose
Mexico as the most attractive locale for
re-sourcing manufacturing operations
closer to the US market –compared with
just 19% who would re-source to the US.
www.alixpartners.com
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AEROSPACE INDUSTRY
Preparing
the Landing Gear
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UK Aerospace Parts Supplier JJ Churchill Ltd. will invest more
than 9 million usd to install a plant in Guaymas, Sonora, where
the company will manufacture gas turbine aerofoils in Mexico.
According to the company, the Sonoran factory will allow
JJ Churchill to increase its competitiveness on high volume
components. With the addition of the new Mexican facility, the
firm will now have a strong presence in all three stages of the
product manufacture lifecycle: from new product introduction,
through to volume production and after-market demand.
www.jjchurchill.com