Natural Gas Would Still Form Base of Mexico Power System Under Sheinbaum Presidency

Mexico’s presidential frontrunner Claudia Sheinbaum of the ruling Morena party would continue the nation’s buildout of natural gas-fired power if she were to win the June 2 election.

Speaking to business leaders in Mexico City on Monday evening, Sheinbaum highlighted that 3.250 GW of new generation, 91% of which was natural-gas fired combined cycle, were set to come online later this year.

That includes the 932 MW Salamanca combined cycle plant in Guanajuato; the 256 MW El Sauz ll combined cycle plant in Querétaro; the 348 MW Manzanillo III combined cycle plant in Colima; the 437 MW San Luis Potosí power plant in Villa de Reyes; the 350 MW natural gas-fired Lerdo combined cycle in Durango; and the 499 MW combined cycle plant in Merida.

Another 4.344 GW would come online...