Although the White House celebrated that after the North American Leaders Summit commitments were achieved in terms of methane and black carbon reduction as well as electric vehicles, promotion of hydrogen and protection of biodiversity, the head of Energy of the United States, Jennifer Granholm called for Mexico to increase its actions in the field of clean energy and achieve the goal of reaching 35% clean energy by 2024.
At the conclusion of the meeting between the presidents from Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador Y Joe Bidenof the United States, as well as the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeauthe US federal government explained in a statement that it will seek to strengthen a nearshoring policy for the benefit of process chains in the region, although nothing is said about green fuels and energy.
The United States, Mexico, and Canada recognize the urgency of rapid, coordinated, and ambitious action to build clean energy economies and respond to the climate crisis.
Among the commitments related to the energy sector in particular, the intention to share information between the three countries on best practices to electrify and decarbonize public buses through the cooperative development of a set of public transport decarbonization tools stands out.
Also, develop a plan for EV charger installation and operational standards along international borders to ensure a smooth EV charging transition from one country to another.
They are also set to develop a clean hydrogen market in North America, including potential cooperation in research and development, safety codes and standards, cross-border hydrogen pools, green freight corridors, and integrated maritime operations.
However, the head of Energy of the government of the neighboring country to the north, jennifer granholm He stated on his Twitter account that “Mexico could be a major exporter of clean energy to its neighbors given its potential for world-class renewable energy resources, making North America a clean energy powerhouse.”
According to the official, the rapid growth in the deployment of renewable energy could allow Mexico reaches its clean energy generation goal 35% by 2024.
As a result, Mexico’s renewable energy could generate high levels of investment, increase access to energy, reduce costs for consumers and, along with other technical measures, improve the reliability and resilience of Mexico’s electrical system.
Granholm finally remembered that the report on Mexico from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) describes how Mexico is ideally positioned to become a leader in clean energy.
In April of last year, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory published its Clean Energy Report for Mexico in which it concluded that reaching the 2024 goal of 35% clean energy generation is feasible with an increase of 41 terawatt hours or 47%. of clean generation, which can be achieved with the successful development of the renewable projects that have been proposed up to now, which necessarily includes the participation of private parties, without legal changes such as those proposed in Congress and the Supreme Court .
According to the US government agency, to achieve the goal all long-term auction mechanisms are required, the wholesale market with sale at Federal electricity commission (CFE) and through bilateral contracts between companies, the generation of legacy contracts from the previous regime, self-supply and independent energy production, the energy proposed by the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) in its photovoltaic plant, the modernization of hydroelectric, geothermal and the green hydrogen project, along with whatever is added.
For her part, the head of Energy of Mexico, dew nahlepublished that “electricity generation in Mexico is carried out responsibly and with care for the environment.”
Nahle highlighted on his Twitter account that Mexico occupies the 109th place in CO2 emissions per capita and only emits 0.84 tons per person of this residual gas, in addition to the fact that electricity in the country is generated 29% by renewables and 59% by through gas, which is the transition fuel.
