Acciona Energía has signed a contract to sell electricity from the 168MW El Cortijo wind farm in Mexico’s Tamaulipas state to the country’s Federal Electricity Commission.
The deal is the wind outfit’s first contract in Mexico since an auction-based system was introduced by the government’s energy reforms.
The 15-year contract covers the annual supply of 585.7GWh, as well as the clean energy certificates generated by the project, Acciona said.
Construction of the new wind farm, located 40km south of Reynosa, is expected to start at the end of the year.
The project is scheduled to come online in mid-2018.
Acciona Energía Mexico director Miguel Angel Alonso said: “We are proud that Acciona is one of the first companies to sign a purchase and sale contract for energy and clean energy certificates in the framework of the auction system established by the Mexican energy reform.”
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Acciona flexes Mexican muscle
168MW El Cortijo wind farm in Tamaulipas to come online in mid-2018
By EBS