Sener projects 15,000 MW of wind by 2030, with 2,159 MW unassigned

Mexico's Secretariat of Energy (Sener) projects that the country's wind capacity will grow 84% by 2030, to 15,000 MW, according to planning presented by Jorge Islas Samperio, undersecretary of Planning and Energy Transition, on September 11, 2026, at a forum held by the Mexican Wind Energy Association (AMDEE) and the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC).

The plan calls for adding 6,860 MW of wind. Of that volume, 4,701 MW is already assigned to 17 plants, and 2,159 MW remains unassigned, according to Forbes México. The target is part of a broader renewable goal: raising the clean share of electricity generation from 24.61% in 2025, equivalent to 82 TWh, to more than 38%, about 170 TWh, by 2030. AMDEE President Gerardo Pérez Guerra called wind "a fundamental pillar" for electricity demand and industrial development, and identified legal certainty, public-private collaboration, and expansion of transmission networks as conditions for unleashing investment in infrastructure and storage.

In the generation segment of the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE), planning reported by the EFE news agency includes eight wind projects under mixed schemes with 2,949 MW combined, scheduled to operate between 2029 and 2030 in Nuevo León and Tamaulipas, with battery systems of close to 890 MW. For permitting, Sener pointed to a One-Stop Shop for self-consumption from 0.7 to 20 MW, coordinated with the National Energy Control Center (CENACE) and CFE, as well as the new Social Impact Statement for the Energy Sector (MISSE), with a digitalized procedure aimed at preventing conflicts and protecting communities. The agency is also analyzing the potential of offshore wind.

Some 2,159 MW remain to be assigned, and details of the offshore wind roadmap will be presented later, according to the same planning. The operating schedule for CFE projects falls between 2029 and 2030, so the expansion of transmission networks and the mixed schemes set the pace for the target.

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