SEGH-CFE 1 is a photovoltaic project immediately adjacent to the
Comisión Federal de Electricidad
The Comisión Federal de Electricidad ( en, Federal Electricity Commission) is the state-owned electric utility of Mexico, widely known as CFE. It is the country's dominant electric company, and the country's second most powerful state-owned comp ...
power station in
Puerto Libertad, Sonora in Mexico, approximately south of the United States border. The project is developed by ''Sonora Energy Group Hermosillo, S.A. de C.V.'', a privately owned company.
The project, will have capacity of 46.8 MW. The array will consist of 164,211
solar panels. Project EPC responsibilities are being provided by American Electric Technologies Inc. along with combiner boxes, inverters, transformers and switch-yard equipment (NASDAQ: AETI). Substation equipment and interconnect responsibilities are being provided by ABB (NASDAQ: ABB).
Over the course of each year for the next twenty years, the project will generate approximately 107,000,000
kWh of electricity.
Sonora Energy Group to build 46.8 MW in northern Mexico
All of the electricity will be sold directly to the CFE and absorbed into the utility’s transmission system for distribution throughout their existing network. At an installed capacity of 46.8 MWp, when complete in 2013, the project will be the first utility scale project of its kind in Mexico and the largest solar project of any kind in Latin America. The company has permit applications for three additional projects under review by Mexican officials.
See also
* Electricity sector in Mexico
As required by the Constitution, the electricity sector is federally owned, with the Federal Electricity Commission (Comisión Federal de Electricidad or CFE) essentially controlling the whole sector; private participation and foreign companies ...
* Solar power in Mexico
Solar power in Mexico has the potential to produce vast amounts of energy. 70% of the country has an insolation of greater than 4.5 kWh/m2/day. Using 15% efficient photovoltaics, a square on each side in the state of Chihuahua or the Sonoran De ...
References
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External links
CFE official site
Sonora Energy Group official site
Photovoltaic power stations in Mexico