Mexico has set itself the goal of generating 15,040 megawatts of electricity from renewable energy sources by 2030. clean energiesto achieve this purpose, it is necessary to double this effort, since it currently produces 6,488 MW, he said. Nelson Delgado.
According to Forbes, the chief executive officer of the Mexican Solar Energy Association (Asolmex) stated that this is a goal that can be achieved, but for this Mexico requires new investments of 13 billion dollars in solar projects large scale.
"While the eTheoretical studies on the potential and installed capacity that Mexico could reach in terms of photovoltaic solar generation, some studies say that we could have more or less 800 times the capacity that currently has the matrix, only with solar generation, there are other studies that have recently been done by the International Laboratory and Renewable Energy, which speak of numbers that are practically impossible to dimension. It speaks of more than 24 thousand gigawatts of installed capacity as the country's theoretical potential", he said during the Intersolar 2022 forum.
Nelson Delgado clarified that Mexico needs to define a country vision and what will be the mechanism to multiply installed capacity and accelerate the energy transition to clean sources.
The CEO of Asolmex stressed that solar power generation has had an accelerated growth, as from 2017 to date there has been an increase of almost 37 times in installed capacity.
"If we look at this at an aggregate level and add distributed (small-scale) generation, well, this is even more impressive," he said.
According to the International Renewable Energy Agency, Mexico has the potential to have 30 GW of installed solar capacity by 2030, of which 60 percent would correspond to large-scale capacity and 40 percent to distributed solar generation capacity.
Asolmex highlights that 85 percent of Mexico's territory is optimal for solar projects and the country has the conditions to become the seventh largest solar power generator in the world.
Source: Forbes
