Biomass nopal

Wind energy

Availability

Continuous 24 X 365

Irregular depending on of the hour of the day.

Maintenance

Under conditions of operation, every two years painting. Not enough people

Under very little staff under normal conditions

Maintenance in failures

Fast, low -cost. Average rating personnel

Highly qualified, costly and time-consuming repairs failed.

Energy generated type

Electricity, biogas, thermal (hot water)

Electric

Power generation efficiency

80-90 %

30% of the installed capacity in land.

Duration of equipment and installations

15-20 years

20 years

Environmental benefit

Generates soil and organic fertilizers

Stop erosion

Changes the microclimate retain water the soil.

Extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Allows the sale of carbon bonds

Totally organic process

Does not emit carbon dioxide. Neutral effect on the environment gases.

Prejudice to environmental

Unknown

High impact on bird migration routes.

Noisy production of energy by the blades to the rotal effect.

Availability of spare parts

Available in national market immediately, representatives of the importer in Mexico.

Must be imported

Study time and project implementation

Short, 1 year

Long, 8 years minimum to study winds

Social benefit

Generates permanent jobs for sowing, harvest and processing plants.

Generates jobs in mounting equipment.

Positive externalities

Culturally the nopal cultivation is accepted and encouraged by the State institutions.

Allow the opening of new markets being considered a green company that takes care of the environment.

Technology known and implemented globally

Negative externalities

Few plants built in the world.

Money comes out of the country to the factories of Europe mainly. Money does not invest in human and technological resources of Mexico

Cost installation installed KWh

US1100-1300 / KWH (does not include income for by-products and carbon bonds)

US1500/KWh or more.

The investment recovery

1 to 2 years

5-8 years