As the world moves towards climate change solutions, renewable energy is a key aspect, and in Latin America, China is becoming a key partner.

With both the experience in regional and technical expertise for efficient green energy infrastructure, China has a presence across the region, from Argentina to Mexico, and with installations across solar, wind and hydroelectric installations.

In Mexico, a country blessed with all three, Envision Energy, based out of Shanghai – one of the world's leaders in wind energy technology – is present in the Yucatan Peninsula.

At the Dzilam de Bravo wind farm, where 28 wind turbines produce 60 megawatts of electricity for the national grid, the plant has been running for the past two years, generating employment and energy for the local region.

"We believe the future of energy is electricity, and that the future of electricity is renewable," Benigno Villareal Del Rio, the director of Vive Energia, Envision's Mexican partner in the project, told CGTN from their Mexico City offices.

Two joint ventures between Mexico and China now have two wind farm installations in the Yucatan Peninsula, as well as more plans for expansion in the center and north of the country.

However, potential is one thing, politics is another.

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is not in favor of renewable energy sources, a position that has adversely affected investments in the sector.

"This is definitely the biggest challenge we have faced so far," said Rafael Valdez, the Latin America director of Envision Energy.

"Our plan for Mexico was to reach 2,000 megawatts of operating assets, and so far we only have two wind farms adding 160 megawatts to the grid. We believe in the long term it will get back on track, but we need to wait and see if during three next administrations the situation will get better for renewable energy producers like us," said Valdez.

Professor Enrique Dussel of the Mexican National Autonomous University's Center for China-Mexico Studies sees a brighter future.

"Today, China has the technical and financial know-how, as well as the experience in Latin America," Dussel told CGTN.

"Chinese renewable energy companies in the region are offering services often at much lower prices than their European and American competitors. So there's huge potential once Mexico's new energy rules are established," he said.

With the potential to become a global powerhouse of renewable energy, Latin America's resources may need the partnership of China's technical expertise to secure a greener future.