CNE approves six solar plants totaling 751 MW and 1,881 GWh a year

The National Energy Commission (CNE) approved six solar permits totaling 751 megawatts (MW) of installed capacity, 649 MW of net capacity and an estimated annual generation of 1,881 gigawatt-hours (GWh), in a resolution announced on November 6, 2026, El Financiero reported. The associated investment is around 750 million dollars.

The permits correspond to the Second Call for priority projects of the Ministry of Energy (SENER), a binding planning scheme that orders capacity additions for the National Electric System (SEN). According to Bloomberg Línea, Green Park Energy, a Cox subsidiary, obtained three permits in Aguascalientes, Jalisco and Guanajuato; Ammper Generación, of the Invex group, received two for Tlaxcala and Morelos; and Viva El Sol added one in Coahuila. The plants incorporate battery storage systems, according to El Economista. The CNE and SENER linked the authorizations to the goal that clean sources represent 38 percent of national electricity generation in 2030, according to the same outlet.

The call received 57 applications, of which 31 met the requirements to obtain a generation permit and six met all the criteria of the process, the CNE reported; the remaining 51 applications did not obtain authorization in this round. The regulator evaluated the applications through its Technical Committee, based on the expansion needs identified by SENER. By region, 350 MW are located in the West, 289 MW in the East and 10 MW in the Northeast. 37 percent of net capacity will enter operation in 2028 and the remaining 63 percent in 2029, according to El Financiero. With these authorizations, the two calls for priority projects accumulate 23 plants and 3,949 MW, compared with the 17 plants and 3,300 MW of the first round, according to El Economista.

The CNE and SENER noted that participation in the process does not prevent projects that were not approved from being considered in other calls or through the conventional route. The next checkpoint is the staggered entry into operation of the six plants and the following rounds of the binding planning scheme.

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