Sonora becomes national leader in clean energy production
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Alfonso Durazo Montaño, the Governor of Sonora, Mexico, has made his state a national leader in clean energy production during his five years in office.
The Plan Sonora de Energías Sostenibles drove the construction of the Puerto Peñasco Photovoltaic Plant, a major clean energy project. The plant received a total investment of $1.685 billion and will eventually have the capacity to generate one gigawatt of energy.
Currently, the first two phases of the plant are fully operational, producing a combined 420 megawatts of power, 120 megawatts from the first phase and 300 from the second. Once all four phases are complete, the Puerto Peñasco plant will be able to supply electricity to more than half of Sonora’s population.
In addition to the photovoltaic plant, the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) built two combined cycle plants in San Luis Río Colorado, with an investment of 20 billion pesos. These plants have turned Sonora into a state with a surplus of electricity, enabling highly subsidized rates for residents and saving users an average of 41 percent on their bills.
Over the last five years, Sonora invested more than 9.1 billion pesos into energy projects, a significant increase from the 2.7 billion pesos invested in the previous six-year term.
