Aura Solar: Latin America's Largest Solar Power Plant Goes Online in Mexico Agencia EFE
go to original March 28, 2014

Peña Nieto says the operational start-up of this complex will double the capacity for generating photovoltaic energy in Mexico. (Presidency of the Republic)

Latin America's largest solar power plant, a facility with 39 MW of generating capacity, has gone online in the northwestern Mexican state of Baja California Sur.

The Aura Solar I photovoltaic power plant was inaugurated by Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto on Wednesday and will supply electricity to the city of La Paz.

The energy industry reforms implemented last December will help lead to "more energy generation, cleaner energy and, above all, cheaper energy to help make Mexico a more competitive country," Peña Nieto said.

The goal is to turn Mexico into "a country that attracts greater investment for the development and creation of jobs," the president said.

Some 25 percent of Mexico's electricity is currently generated using clean energy sources, Peña Nieto said during the ceremony in the Las Olas Altas section of La Paz.

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Inauguración de la Central Fotovoltaica Aura Solar (Gobierno de la República)

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