Cemex will invest $ 320 million in energy

Cemex will venture for the first time solar energy in Mexico with a project in the north of Zacatecas It is in the development phase, although the idea is to start operations in 2019, said Beatriz Padilla, Business Development Consultant at Cemex Energía.

Cemex plant plans allocate an investment of $ 320 million, and the solar park would have a capacity of 370 megawatts.

Until now, Cemex Energía hasand integrated with its portfolio of wind activities and thermoelectric in the state of San Luis Potosí, and now solar.

Padilla pointed out that the program of use of energy that will be generated has not yet been determined, but that it is planned to sell it to private companies.

"The intention to engage in solar energy is to produce accessible, reliable and sustainable energy, to contribute to the reduction of carbon emissions"He added.

The business development consultant of Cemex Energía participated in the second meeting on energy that the Energy Cluster of Nuevo Leon is organizing, and in an interview, he said that they would look for funding mechanisms because Cemex would not do it alone; although the project is still in the development phase.

"This solar park has decided to integrate it into the portfolio of Cemex Energía (…) and in the future they will be able to develop more solar projects. However, for the moment, there is only this one, but it is not excluded that there are others in the future ", he declared.

He emphasized that Zacatecas had been elected by the great solar resource It has and the benefits it offers, in addition to the conditions that help a lot in the use of energy.

"The climate of Zacatecas helps the best panel performance"He added.

"It's a good sized park, with a Installed capacity interested for us it would be a good start, "he said.

Among the energy projects underway in the country, Padilla mentioned the thermoelectric power station of San Luis Potosí, which generates 230 megawatts; the wind farm of Oaxaca generates 250 megawatts and that of Nuevo Leon 422 megawatts.

The investment of the energy company during this year, it amounted to two billion dollars.