The Uruguayan government recently announced 30 percent of the nation’s electricity would come from wind energy by the end of 2016 in their latest push for more renewable energy.
The government believes it can soon generate enough electricity from wind to the point where it can share power with its neighbors, Argentina and Brazil.
Two-thirds of electricity comes from renewable energy, specifically from hydroelectric power, although the government is turning toward more solar and wind investments.
Gonzalo Casaravilla, head of the state-owned firm known as UTE, told Bloomberg in June that the country aims to be a leader of wind power in Latin America: