Sener Projects Nearly 100 Power Generation Plants Under Construction by 2027

Mexico will have nearly 100 electric power generation plants under construction during 2027, affirmed the Secretary of Energy (Sener), Luz Elena González, on September 2, 2026, before the Business Coordinating Council (CCE). The official assured that permits have been granted and that developers are completing their financial closings.

The announcement rests on assignments already made: according to El Economista, 55 renewable generation projects have been assigned, of which 17 are private and will contribute nearly 3,000 megawatts (MW), while 38 operate under mixed schemes with the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE). Together they represent more than 10,000 MW of capacity and an investment exceeding 600 billion pesos, according to La Silla Rota.

Roughly 9,000 additional MW remain to be awarded. Sener plans to assign them within the next two months as the second tender, currently in its closing stage, moves forward, reported El Economista. González said participation in that round was high, as in the first, and that plants will be built where they are needed, with attention to grid congestion problems.

At the forum, the secretary detailed that the new plants must enter operation before 2030, with a target of completing them in 2029. "Next year we will have nearly 100 generation plants under construction throughout the country. That is already a fact, because permits have been granted and right now we are completing financial closings," she declared, according to El Economista. The official linked the generation plan to the grid: nearly 172 billion pesos in transmission and 72 billion in distribution, nearly 250 billion in total, with 34 transmission projects completed and 23 substations renovated, reported La Silla Rota. The official target, González stated, is to raise the renewable share from 24% to 38% by 2030, with 50% of total energy coming from renewable sources by 2040.

The next milestone is the award of the second package, roughly 9,000 MW, which Sener expects to close within the next two months. Those results and the financial closings will determine whether the hundred plants move from permit to active construction during 2027, in a program Sener links to the expansion of the transmission network.

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