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CFE's first solar plant set to start operations - Mexico

   

Published: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 10:27 (GMT -0400)More news from Mexico

By David Biller / Business News Americas

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Mexican state power company CFE's 1MW Santa Rosalía photovoltaic (PV) pilot project in Baja California Sur state is "just about to start operations," Eugenio Laris, CFE's director of financed investments, said in a presentation.

The solar plant will be CFE's first in the country, and sits on land beside the road to the company's Las Tres Vírgenes geothermal plant. Microm, a subsidiary of Grupo Condumex, constructed the plant.

Baja California Sur's Mulegé municipality said in a statement last year that the project would require 72mn pesos (US$6.13mn) investment.

Mexico currently has roughly 25MW solar capacity and CFE last year selected Spanish firm Abengoa Solar to develop the 14MW concentrated solar component of the Agua Prieta II thermoelectric-solar hybrid pilot project in Sonora state.

CFE also recently awarded Spanish group Iberdrola the contract to build the 5MW Cerro Prieto PV pilot project in Baja California state, beside CFE's Cerro Prieto geothermal plant.

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