Mexico

Written By Kim Manunui

Contracting Party:   Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE), Mexico

Executive Committee Member:   Jose Manuel Romo Jones, CICESE, Mexico

Alternate Member:   Thomas Kretzschmar, CICESE, Mexico

Geothermal energy is the most important non-conventional renewable energy source utilised in Mexico. Although there is a tradition of some direct geothermal energy use, related mainly to balneology, currently the most important use is for electricity generation.

Geothermal development for electricity generation commenced in Mexico in 1959, with the commissioning of the first commercial plant in the Pathé Field (central Mexico). In 2024, the installed geothermal electricity generation capacity was ~1000 MWe, distributed across the Cerro Prieto, Los Azufres, Los Humeros, Las Tres Vírgenes and Domo San Pedro Geothermal Resources.  In 2024 geothermal generation amounted to some 3500 GWh.

No new geothermal power plants were commissioned in Mexico in 2024.

The bilateral  GEMex  initiative  between Mexico (SENER-CONACyT Energetic Sustainability Fund) and the European Community under Horizon 2020 investigating two unconventional geothermal concepts; an EGS system in Acoculco, Pue., and a superheated system at Los Humeros has concluded.  The tasks were all completed by the end of 2021.  Outputs from this initiative were presented at the WGC 2020+1 and some are available here.

The work by  CeMIE-Geo was extended to the end of 2020 for the completion of five projects. CeMIEGeo’s Digital Collection which includes papers, thesis, and posters is accessible here.

 
2024 Mexico Country Report
2023 Mexico Country Report
2022 Mexico Country Report
2021 Mexico Country Report
2020 Mexico Country Report
2019 Mexico Country Report
2018 Mexico Country Report
2017 Mexico Country Report
2016 Mexico Country Report
2015 Mexico Country Report
2014 Mexico Country Report
2013 Mexico Country Report
2012 Mexico Country Report
 
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