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Chile, Mexico, Argentina set to take the lead over Brazil
June 12, 2017
A new report from Infiniti Research outlines Latin America’s ambitious plans for renewable energy as the region expects to install over 47 gigawatts of new capacity in wind energy alone over the next 10 years. Until recently, Brazil was the dominant player in Latin America’s wind power market, but political and economic instability will likely weaken […]
Mexico issues three geothermal exploration permits for Engie and Reykjavik Geothermal
May 24, 2017
Mexico is expanding its geothermal market to the private sector with a recent issuing of exploration permits for global energy companies. Mexico’s Ministry of Energy (SENER) has issued three exploration permits to ENGIE, a global energy company, and Reykjavik Geothermal, an Icelandic geothermal development company. These permits authorise their holders to spend three years exploring […]
Following auctions and reforms, Mexico’s solar sector poised for massive growth
May 15, 2017
Industry analysts have long forecasted a spiked growth in Mexico’s solar energy sector, but now experts are predicting 2018 as the “take-off year”. The energy transition has been ongoing for several years as Mexico implemented policy reforms, but with solar winning big at the past two auctions the grid will be taking on over 4 […]
Mexico releases rules for November renewables auction
May 9, 2017
The Mexican government has published the first version of the bidding rules for the third renewable energy auction. The auction, which will be held in November, is open to solar and different “clean” technologies. Through the auction, the Mexican government will award capacity, clean energy certificates (CEL) and contracted power. Projects selected in the auction […]
Commissioning of solar farm and Tesla partnership for Mexico
May 8, 2017
The Mexican solar industry is heating up with news of a solar company opening an office and the commissioning of an 8MW solar farm and news of an exciting new partnership with Tesla. US solar tracking company Array Technologies Inc is marking its expansion into Latin America opening an office in Mexico City, Mexico. The […]
Mexico’s third auction in November
May 2, 2017
Mexico’s energy ministry has announced that the next renewable energy auction will be held in November. In this auction, which is the third of this kind to be conducted in Mexico, selected projects will be entitled to sell power to more entities, and not only to the local utility Comisión Federal de la Electricidad (CFE), […]
Enel Mexico breaks ground on large solar facility
April 5, 2017
Enel has commenced the construction of a 238MW Don Jose capacity solar power plant in Mexico, with an investment of $220m. Located in the State of Guanajuato at San Luis de la Paz, the solar photovoltaic (PV) plant’s construction is being carried out by the Italian energy and gas major’s Mexican subsidiary Enel Green Power […]
Mexico: Construction begins on largest PV plant in Latin America
March 30, 2017
Italian power provider Enel announced it has started construction on the largest PV plant on the American continent, the 754 MW Villanueva project, which is located in the Mexican state of Coahuila. The company is investing €650 million in the project, which is scheduled for completion in the second half of 2018. The project is […]
Mexico: PPA signed for 110 MW solar PV project
March 29, 2017
The Mexican gas and power provider Ienova, a unit of U.S. natural gas utilities holding company Sempra Energy, announced it has signed a 20-year PPA for a 110 MW PV project in Mexico with local steel manufacturer Deacero. According to a press release from the company, the Pima Solar project will require an investment of […]