Mexican Resistance To Solar Projects Bodes Badly

SAN JOSÉ TIPCEH, Mexico (Reuters) - The Yucatan peninsula, dividing the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean, is among Mexico’s top destinations for renewable energy firms thanks to its strong winds and sunny climate. Home to bustling tourist resorts such as Cancun, the area is also a big energy consumer. A general view shows wind farms in Union Hidalgo, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, Mexico September 18, 2018. REUTERS/Jorge Luis Plata But some of its Mayan indigenous communities are resisting rapid development of $1.1 billion of renewable energy projects and preparing to fight a plan to build a railway across the peninsula.