Mexico is emerging as one of the key strategic markets for Cox, which plans to allocate an additional US$6 billion to projects in the country between 2025 and 2030. The investment aims to expand electricity generation capacity, strengthen the supply of essential resources, and support industrial growth. In other news, Mexico’s solar panel market capacity reached 4.2GW in 2025 and is projected to expand to 17.2GW by 2034, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.33% between 2026 and 2034, according to a market research study published by IMARC Group.
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Cox Bets US$6 Billion on Mexico’s Energy Future
Mexico is emerging as one of the key strategic markets for Cox, a company specializing in energy infrastructure and water management, which plans to allocate an additional US$6 billion to projects in the country between 2025 and 2030. The investment aims to expand electricity generation capacity, strengthen the supply of essential resources, and support industrial growth.
Environmental Feasibility as an Asset for Mining Investors
Jesus Enrique Pablo Dorantes, Environmental VP, CARAL, notes that SEMARNAT’s updated environmental impact guidelines fundamentally shift regulatory filings from administrative compliance exercises to evidence-based technical demonstrations. By reducing the Environmental Impact Statement to four chapters, establishing two-season sampling frameworks, and aligning project assessments with pending forest land-use change rules, the provisions require operators to secure baseline certainty and land tenure prior to filing.
Queretaro’s Power Infrastructure Must Catch Up With AI Growth
Queretaro’s position as Mexico’s leading data center hub increasingly depends on an infrastructure investment challenge: delivering electricity to facilities faster than the demand for computing capacity expands. Although billions of dollars have been committed to digital infrastructure, transmission limitations, insufficient transformation capacity, and lengthy interconnection processes are complicating the development of new facilities.
Solar, Wind PPAs Accelerate Scope 2 Decarbonization in Mining
Mining companies operating across Mexico are restructuring industrial power portfolios through long-term solar and wind Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) and on-site battery storage systems to eliminate indirect greenhouse gas emissions and meet Scope 2 net-zero benchmarks. The expansion of long-term renewable contracting reflects commercial necessity as industrial consumers face dual exposures: international carbon audits and volatile thermal fuel inputs.
Many Hands Make (the) Light Work
Karla Cedano, Head of the Innovation and Futures Lab, UNAM’s Renewable Energies Institute, notes that Mexico’s energy transition cannot rely on technology imports alone, but rather requires cross-sector collaboration to solve structural challenges. While international partnerships and investment missions offer industrial modernization pathways, genuine development depends on building local technical capabilities, aligning institutional incentives, and establishing joint problem-solving mechanisms between academia, industry, and government.
Mexico Solar Capacity to Hit 17.2GW by 2034: IMARC
Mexico’s solar panel market capacity reached 4.2GW in 2025 and is projected to expand to 17.2GW by 2034, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.33% between 2026 and 2034, according to a market research study published by IMARC Group. The research firm attributes the projected trajectory to changes in consumer electricity costs, declining technology costs, government initiatives, and expanding utility-scale project development.