The National Energy Commission approved six photovoltaic solar generation permits for private developers on November 5, 2026, with a combined investment of around $750 million and a net capacity of 649 megawatts. The plants will be built in six states and will operate under the Wholesale Electricity Market generation framework.
The permits are part of the Second Call launched by the Ministry of Energy (Sener), a mechanism for prioritizing generation and interconnection permit applications to the National Electric System. According to Bloomberg Línea, the process received 57 applications and only the equivalent of 11% met all the required criteria; La Jornada reports that 31 met the initial requirements and only six obtained a permit. The round follows a first call in December 2025, in which Green Park Energy, then in the hands of Iberdrola, obtained two permits. For Mexico, the mechanism concentrates private investment in generation and its interconnection to the national grid into a public timetable.
The beneficiaries are Green Park Energy, a Cox subsidiary, with three permits in Aguascalientes, Jalisco and Guanajuato; Ammper Generación, of the Invex Controladora financial group, with two in Tlaxcala and Morelos; and Viva el Sol, with one in Coahuila. The six plants total an estimated generation of 1,881 gigawatt-hours per year and include electrical storage, according to Sener, which specified that the permits were approved in line with the expansion needs of the National Electric System. By region, the West will add 350 megawatts, the East 289 and the Northeast 10. 37% of the installed capacity will begin operating in 2028 and the remaining 63% in 2029.
The sector goal is to raise the share of renewable sources to 38% of electricity generation by 2030. The agency added that projects not approved may be considered in other calls or through the conventional route, which leaves the 2028 and 2029 timetable as a reference for measuring progress toward that goal.
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