Sener projects 15,000 MW of wind power in Mexico by 2030, an 84% jump
Sener projects that Mexico's wind capacity will grow 84% to 15,000 MW by 2030, with 6,860 MW still to be assigned and eight CFE projects totaling 2,949 MW.
Mexico's Ministry of Energy (Sener) projects that the country's wind capacity will grow 84% by 2030, from roughly 8,100 megawatts (MW) to 15,000 MW, according to the planning presented on September 11, 2026 at the forum of the Mexican Wind Energy Association (AMDEE) and the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC).
Jorge Islas Samperio, deputy secretary for Planning and Energy Transition, detailed that the roadmap calls for adding 6,860 MW of wind power: 4,701 MW already assigned to 17 plants and 2,159 MW still awaiting assignment, according to Forbes México. The broader goal is to lift the renewable share of electricity generation from 24.61% in 2025, equivalent to 82 terawatt hours (TWh), to more than 38%, or 170 TWh, by 2030. The vector matters for the region because Mexico is the link between US industrial demand and the resources of the Isthmus and the northeast, and because the strategy foresees that more than 74% of electricity capacity additions in the current period will come from clean sources, according to Infobae.
The Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) reported the award of eight wind projects under mixed schemes, totaling 2,949 MW, scheduled to operate between 2029 and 2030 in Nuevo León and Tamaulipas, with battery systems of close to 890 MW. AMDEE president Gerardo Pérez Guerra said wind power is consolidating its role as "a fundamental pillar" for serving industrial demand, and pointed to legal certainty, public-private collaboration and transmission grid expansion as the conditions needed to unlock investment. Sener also reported a one-stop shop for self-supply projects of 0.7 to 20 MW, coordinated with the National Energy Control Center (Cenace) and the CFE, along with the Social Impact Statement for the Energy Sector (MISSE), a digitized procedure aimed at preventing conflicts with communities.
In parallel, the ministry is analyzing the potential for offshore wind, with details to be presented shortly. What comes next on the agenda is the assignment of the 2,159 MW still pending and the pace of transmission expansion, the point the industry identifies as the condition for connecting the wind farms of the Isthmus and the northeast.
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