Tuesday
June 9
2020

Mexico Cites Virus in Slapping Down Renewable Energy

By EnergyWorld.com

Mexico City: The Mexican government has cited the coronavirus pandemic as a justification for new rules that will reduce the role of renewable energies like solar and wind power, granting a reprieve to the government’s own ageing, fossil-fuel power plants. The decree over the weekend has sparked outrage among Mexican and foreign investors who had been allowed to sell their power into the government-operated grid.

Industry associations said it will affect 28 solar and wind projects that were ready to go online, and 16 more under construction, with a total of dollar 6.4 billion in investments, much of it from foreign firms.

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Source: Energy World (link opens in a new window)

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Coronavirus, Energy
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renewable energy