Mexico Sets 38% Clean Power Target for 2030 with 22,000 MW of Renewables
Mexico aims to raise clean power generation from 21% to 38% of the national grid by 2030, adding 22,000 MW of renewables; the Sener and CFE plan combines state-built plants with private investment.
Mexico has set a target of 38% clean generation within the National Electric System (SEN) by 2030, up from 21% in 2025, according to Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) planning documents reported by Expansión. To meet that target, the Secretaría de Energía (Sener) plans to add 32,000 megawatts (MW) of new capacity, of which roughly 22,000 MW, or about 70%, will come from renewables, per El Financiero.
The new target follows a 35% clean generation commitment for 2024, set in 2016, that went unmet: by year-end 2025 the actual share stood at 21%, according to the same CFE planning documents. That program acknowledges that reaching 38% will require meaningful private-sector participation alongside the plants the state utility builds itself. For the region, the deeper significance is one of scale: deploying roughly 22,000 MW of renewables in just over four years will sustain continuous demand for equipment, storage, and capital across the supply chains linking the U.S. Gulf Coast basin to Latin America's deployment markets.
The plan builds on figures already locked in. Between 2016 and 2018, three auction rounds held under the framework of the 2013 energy reform yielded 65 solar and wind projects before the mechanism was suspended in 2019, according to Expansión. CFE plans to add 15,203 MW of renewables out of the 18,597 MW of new capacity it contemplates, while Sener awarded in June 55 generation projects totaling 10,883 MW, plus 3,640 MW of storage, according to the agency's balance sheet as reported by El Financiero. In parallel, permit and interconnection-contract processing times fell from 18 to 6 months, with 23 administrative requirements eliminated; CFE reports 34 transmission projects completed and 60 under construction. Technologies in scope include photovoltaic, wind, geothermal, concentrated solar, and cogeneration.
The next milestone carries a firm date: Sener has yet to award 9,050 MW before the close of 2026. That assignment will determine which technologies carry the bulk of the installation pace toward 2030 and will serve as the first concrete benchmark for measuring progress toward the 38% target.
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