Renewable energy is under siege in Mexico, say experts
The decision to refuse the appeal of 10 large-scale renewable energy projects across Mexico has left environmentalists and investors aghast.
Bulldog Solar: Green energy in sunny Yucatán is only natural
Erich Briehl considers all the miles of miles of empty, flat roofs baking under Yucatán’s constant sunshine. These rooftops in Yucatán — where over 300 days a year are sunny, but where conventional energy costs are high — are crying out for solar panels. Maybe also a palapa bar, but mainly solar panels. “The bottom…
Can solar panels help save Yucatán’s ‘tienditas’?
The Yucatán small-business chamber of commerce is offering independent shop owners the opportunity to purchase solar panels through a new program.
Big business in Mexico moves toward ditching dirty CFE power
Many of Mexico’s biggest companies including Bimbo and Telcel say that they have begun to move away from the CFE in favor of greener alternatives. Business leaders say that the decision is motivated by a desire to reduce their carbon footprint while saving money. In recent years Yucatán has seen a boom in green energy…
Tren Maya will use solar power under new green-energy approach
Aiming to use solar power for the so-called Mayan Train, Mexico is crafting a plan to promote state-backed green-energy generation. Rogelio Jimenez Pons, director-general of the National Fund for Tourism Promotion (Fonatur), said they could begin work on four solar farms this year, including one at Cancun airport and possibly others at Mérida, Campeche and…
Everything is sunnier at a children’s shelter thanks to Bulldog Solar
A children’s shelter at Chuburná de Hidalgo can worry less about the electric bill after a donation by Bulldog Solar. Fundación Emanuel de Mérida A.C. received nine solar panels, installation included, as a gift from the Merida renewable-energy company owned by Canadian-born resident Erich Briehl. Led by Jorge Canché, Bulldog Solar’s project manager, technicians also…
Clean energy in Mexico on hold in favor of old-school power plants
Mexico is far off track from its laws setting targets of 30% renewable energy generation by 2021, and 35% by 2024. The actions of the Lopez Obrador administration have only worsened prospects, taking multiple steps backward by pledging to construct a new oil refinery and promising to modernize several power plants that run on coal,…
After months of resistance, Yucatan wind park moves ahead
A US$130 million wind park on the Yucatan coast will begin testing this week despite a policy from Mexico’s grid operator that would have halted operations there. “We will soon begin trials at the park, and with the encouragement that it will deliver power to the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) as quickly as possible,” Vive…
Indigenous groups halt solar projects, but contractors persist
Indigenous residents of Cuncunul and Valladolid sued and won when they acted to prevent solar-energy farms from being built. But JinkoSolar Investment Pte. Ltd., the Chinese company tasked with building numerous Yucatán Solar Park projects, is not going away. A judge ruled in favor of the area’s Maya community leaders who said they were not…
High power bills force towns in Yucatan to give solar energy a try
Faced with huge electric bills, municipalities across Yucatan are going solar. The savings have been immediate.
Corner stores, endangered by CFE bills, to get solar panels
Merida, Yucatan — Dozens of little corner shops are on the verge of bankruptcy due to high electricity prices, said the local president of the National Chamber Small Business (Canacope), Landy Pech Perez. But a program to wire these tienditas with solar panels will help alleviate the pain. CFE’s high electricity rates, which have recently…
Solar panels are hot in Merida
Clean energy consumption is advancing by leaps and bounds in Mexico. For residential solar panels alone, Merida and Mexico City leading a 350 percent growth rate between 2017 and 2018, said Juan José Aguayo Puuc of Energía Solar del Sureste, a private company. Falling prices, helping clients recoup their investments within three years, have helped…
Solar farm powers 30,000 homes in Yucatan
Progreso, Yucatan — A new solar farm in San Ignacio will deliver green energy to 30,000 homes in Progreso and Merida, its supporters said at its ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday. The US$30 million photovoltaic plant, which spreads solar panels across 66 hectares / 163 acres of land, will help meet the state’s overall energy demand,…
Tariff on solar panels removed by federal court
A federal court has ruled that the 15 percent tariff on solar panel imports must be removed.
Death threats alleged by opponents of Muna solar energy park
Members of the indigenous community in San José Tipceh say they are being threatened with death and violence by proponents of a giant solar-energy operation.
Villagers delay construction of solar park in Ticul
Upset about deforestation of their lands, residents have managed to force state officials to delay a huge solar-energy park.
In a few years, solar panels rise quickly in popularity
Just three years ago it was fairly rare to find residential houses or businesses with solar panels, but today over 1,000 residences in Mérida have employed this rooftop technology.
Solar panels earn homeowners tax relief
Solar panels and green roofs have earned 235 homeowners property tax relief between 23 and 35 percent this year.
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