According to the Mexican National Center for Electricity Control (Cenace), Mexico will begin to incorporate 12,420 MW of new generation capacity from now onwards until June 2019. This new capacity is expected to help meet the country's growing power demand (+4.1% in peak demand in 2019) and is estimated to cover roughly 13% of the National Electrical System’s operative reserve margin in case of peak demand.
The capacity will be deployed in 84 power plants installed across 22 Mexican states. 6,380 MW will stem from renewable energy sources (of which 4,325 MW for solar PV, 1,983 MW for wind power and 83 MW for hydropowe) and 6,049 MW will come from conventional energy sources (5,708 MW for CCGT plants, 228 MW for internal combustion , 83 MW for turbogas and 30 MW for biogas facilities).
These projects will help Mexico on its way to meet its goal of 35% of renewable energy in its mix by 2024.