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Organised by WWEA jointly with the Argentine Wind Energy Association, the 6th World wind energy conference & renewable energy exhibition will be held at Mar del Plata, Argentina from 2 to 4 October 2007. International and regional companies will meet to take the necessary steps for the creation of strong domestic wind industries and related industrial capacities.

Most of the Latin American countries are currently facing a serious shortage of electricity. Especially in the host country, Argentina, more and more companies are seriously affected by power shortages and blackouts and are therefore willing to invest in domestic renewable energy capacities like after all wind energy. In the WWEC 2007 host country Argentina, 200 MW of wind farms have been authorised by the national wholesale market regulator, CAMESSA, to be installed as a first step at the Atlantic coastline of Buenos Aires province and to meet the energy needs of those companies directly affected by power shortages. In the neighbour country Brazil, the wind market started its take-off in the year 2006 with 208 MW of new installations making Brazil the number one wind country in the region.

Further countries like Chile, Mexico or Cuba have started setting up favourable frameworks for wind energy utilisation on a large scale. One major challenge for the Latin American wind markets will be the establishment of domestic wind industries and manufacturing capacities within the region. The actual worldwide shortage of wind turbines affects the region heavily because only little manufacturing capacities have been set up so far.

Source: www.cubaheadlines.com, www.expotop.com.