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Cox Energy America to buy 40% in Spanish PV firm Ibox Energy
April 9, 2021
Mexico City-based Cox Energy America SAB de CV on Wednesday announced its arrival in Europe via an agreement to acquire a 40% in Spanish solar PV specialist Ibox Energy for an estimated $95 million euros. The aspiring buyer is the Mexico-listed subsidiary of Spanish renewables firm Cox Energy Solar SA and invests in projects in […]
Could green hydrogen broker a detente between renewable energy and Mexican oil sectors?

From our Editorial Team
January 20, 2021
Private companies and the Mexican government have been duking it out in public, the media and in court for the last two years over the future of the country’s energy sector, which was primed to usher in a new era after the 2013 market reform. Many investors, particularly in the renewable energy space, flocked to […]
Mexico’s CFE and France to cooperate on implementing ORC units at geothermal fields
January 5, 2021
State-owned utility and power company CFE (Federal Electricity Commission) has signed a cooperation agreement with the French embassy in Mexico to develop geothermal energy. The agreement will explore the use of binary cycle technology with resources from the French government’s Study Funds and Assistance to the Private Sector (FASEP). Source
Capture of CO2 and Hydrogen as Part of Latin America’s Energy Future
October 26, 2020
While struggling to increase the generation and consumption of renewable energy, Latin America is beginning to see the rise of new technologies, such as the capture and storage of carbon and hydrogen from fossil fuels or wind and solar energy. Source
Mexico’s renewables future uncertain
August 20, 2020
Investor interest in Mexico’s emerging renewables market was at an all-time high in December 2018 after the three clean energy auctions were hailed a success. Now, expectations have hit rock-bottom, the market is in tatters — and the coronavirus pandemic is making things worse. As the government continues to divert its focus from achieving environmental […]
Mexico issues international geothermal tender
July 10, 2020
The state-owned Comision Federal de Electricidad power company is seeking a developer for the facility. Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) a state-owned power company in Mexico, has launched an international geothermal plant project tender. It is looking for a developer that will be able to follow through on a facility with a guaranteed 25 MW net capacity. […]
Mexico to add 200 MW solar PV in 2021
April 23, 2020
EDP Renovaveis S.A. (EDPR), the renewable energy arm of Portuguese power utility EDP, has secured a 15-year power purchase agreement with Mexican electricity trader Ammper Energia S.A.P.I. de C.V. The offtaker will buy power from the 200 MW Los Cuervos solar power plant that EDPR is building in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes. The installation […]
Mexico ranked sixth in the world for geothermal capacity
January 29, 2020
Mexico made the list of the top ten geothermal countries based on installed capacity. Coming in at 6th (just behind New Zealand), Mexico has 962.7 MW installed capacity. Countries in the top ten include (in order): U.S., Indonesia, Phillippines, Turkey, New Zealand, Mexico, Italy, Kenya, Iceland, and Japan. Source
Another solar pipeline in Mexico secures multilateral backing
November 22, 2019
Energy company IEnova has secured funding for a large-scale, 376MW solar pipeline in Mexico, with support from the World Bank’s International Finance Corp. and the North American Development Bank. The development banks will contribute US$200 million in green loans for the pipeline, which includes the already-operational Pima Solar 110MW plant. This project represents U.S. subsidiary […]