AMDEE Lines Up 14 Wind Farms and $5 Billion in Investment Through 2029

The Asociación Mexicana de Energía Eólica (AMDEE) announced on June 22, 2026 what the association itself describes as a historic expansion: 14 new wind farms backed by $5 billion in investment that will add 4,000 MW to the 8,131 MW currently installed across 16 states, according to president Gerardo Pérez Guerra.

Of the 4,000 MW projected, 900 MW respond to an active government tender and the remaining 3,000 MW are advancing under co-investment schemes between the private sector and the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), according to Bloomberg Línea. The farms will be concentrated in Tamaulipas and Nuevo León, a corridor that functions as an energy hinge between Mexico's National Electric System (SEN) and the Texas electricity market (ERCOT). The same pipeline infrastructure that currently channels natural gas from the Permian Basin into northern Mexico positions this region at the center of the energy integration corridor between both markets. The 4,000 new MW represent an increase of nearly 50% over the current installed wind capacity of 8,131 MW.

The new farms will incorporate battery energy storage systems (BESS) equivalent to 40% of installed capacity, with three to four hours of autonomy, according to Bloomberg Línea. This integration is a direct requirement of CFE contracts, which demand firm dispatch for projects linked to its tenders. Unit cost runs between $1.4 million and $1.5 million per megawatt, placing the initiative among the most capital-intensive in Mexico's private energy sector this decade. Pérez Guerra told Expansión: "There is great appetite, great momentum, but we need to see whether the timelines actually allow all of them to be developed," referring to interconnection and regulatory permitting schedules.

Progress on interconnection permits before the Centro Nacional de Control de Energía (CENACE) and the active tenders from the Secretaría de Energía (SENER) for the first 900 MW will determine the pace at which the 14 projects move from announcement to actual construction before the end of the decade.

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