Wind power in Uruguay generates a rapidly growing proportion of the country's electricity mix.[1] In 2014, Uruguay installed the most wind power capacity per capita in the world.[2] Overall, the majority of Uruguayan electricity generation is derived from hydroelectric sources.[3]
In 2016, the country's total installed wind power capacity surpassed 1,000 MW.[4] As of 2016, this figure comprised 17 percent of the country's overall electricity generation,[5] marking a sudden increase in the overall share from the 2 percent of all alternative renewable energy sources made up in 2012.[3] In July 2018 UTE, the country's power plants and transmission administrator, announced that record electricity demand was being met entirely by renewable sources, of which wind power comprised 34 percent.[6][7]
The national government has supported this nascent of fast-moving wind power transformation by providing a policy environment of incentives like feed-in tariffs and utility-scale bidding.[5] The former helped incentivize small-scale installations, while the latter enabled large-scale projects.
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