The first power from a giant solar energy park in the desert of northern Mexico will enter the country’s electricity grid, as the nation aims to burnish its green credentials with the flagship project.
Set to be Latin America’s largest solar park – as key to reaching Mexico’s goal of producing at least 35% of all energy consumed from clean and renewable sources by 2024.
Mexico is looking for partners to help fund the park and the country’s broader transition to greener energy sources.
State electricity utility CFE is tasked with developing the project and expects it to be fully operational by 2027, with over two million solar panels providing electricity to Sonora and Baja California.
So far only a tenth of the panels have been put up. They stand in the desert sand in perfect regiment. Wires tangle from the panels, which have not yet been connected to the grid.
Although scientists rank Mexico as one of the places in the world with most solar potential, progress on renewables has been slow.