The Government of Claudia Sheinbaum announced this Wednesday a package of public and private investments for the energy sector that will begin in 2026 and exceed $12 billion, focused on new electricity generation capacity and the strengthening of transmission and distribution networks.
Sheinbaum maintained in his press conference from the National Palace that the industrial and productive development of the country requires ensuring the electricity supply and the modernization of the system, pointing out that “energy is needed.”
Within the new legal framework, which establishes that the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) must guarantee at least 54% of generation, the Government reported that the state company will build combined cycle plants and solar projects.
Sheinbaum explained that CFE will invest in four combined cycle plants that will use natural gas with a combined capacity of close to 1,500 megawatts (MW), in addition to an internal combustion plant in Los Cabos (Baja California Sur).
The general director of the state electricity company CFE, Emilia Calleja, explained that five “firm generation” projects will add close to 3,000 MW, with an investment of 4,328 million dollars.
In clean energy, the director of the CFE assured that the Puerto Peñasco photovoltaic complex, in the northern state of Sonora, will continue.
He indicated that phases 3 and 4 total 580 MW and an estimated investment of 710 million dollars, in addition to incorporating battery storage systems, in order to become the largest solar generation complex in Latin America.
For her part, the Secretary of Energy, Luz Elena González, reported that a call issued in October resulted in 20 private projects ready for development.
Of these, 15 are photovoltaic (2,471 MW) and five are wind (849 MW), for a total of 3,320 MW, in addition to 1,488 MW of storage.
The Government framed the package as part of the energy transition and estimated that solar expansion will avoid “more than 1 million” tons of CO2 equivalent per year, in line with international commitments.
With information from EFE.
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