Export of Small Wind Turbine to Latin America

• Main Authors: Mansilla, Gabriela, 佳芘
• Other Authors: Wu, Jack
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/88487666182596916052

碩士 === 國立政治大學 === 國際經營管理英語碩士學位學程(IMBA) === 97 === Thanks to social programs carried out in Latin American communities by non-governmental organizations (NGO’s) sponsored by European countries, disadvantaged Latin American communities are nowadays promoting own initiatives to improve their communities’ development and economic situation. Statistics demonstrate that many of the poorest communities depend on agriculture and farming production, which are minimal, and barely enough for the family’s subsistence. Alternative energy promises to be an instrument for maximizing the land outcome and allow help the communities to go into the profitable market. Solar, Wind, Hydro and Biomass address not only community’s development but also issues of environmental sustainability and reduction of CO2, an environmental concern that has been targeted by beneficial policies such as the Kyoto Agreement. The special geography in Latin America, with its Andean Mountains and Amazon Forests where there are communities lacking electricity in spite of fierce winds, can be turned into alternative power. It is well known that to provide alternative energy like Wind energy to communities, a full scale project is needed which demands high levels of initial investment and higher maintenance cost. Therefore, the development of alternative energy in many countries has been started through government’ initiatives and promotion policies. In Latin America, these initiatives vary from country to country. Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Costa Rica and Chile have outstanding developments in this area with more MW generated by the installation of wind parks, and are the leaders. Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Uruguay, etc have generated new initiatives in the past 5 years, indicating potential markets due to the existence of strong winds. Under these regional circumstances, my contribution through this business plan consists in showing the existence of opportunities in the alternative energy market in Latin America and the big role that Asian manufacturing companies can play in this development. Also, after being a silent witness to unsuccessful programs carried out by Latin American governments to improve the agricultural sector’s performance, and recognizing the effort of poor communities to overcome its conditions and archieve better outcome from their lands, this business plan constitutes a dream to create a company whose name will be TRADECLEAN GM. Its objective will be to provide wind, solar and hydro energy to communities. My initial plan is to provide small wind turbine from Taiwan to Latin America, which due to their size, are easily transportable.