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Mexico and the Photovoltaic Solar Energy
The production and use of electrical energy are the main cause, along with transportation, of greenhouse gas emissions, gases responsible for climate change. The energy sources with the greatest impact on the environment are mineral coal and hydrocarbons, which mainly affect bodies of water, soils and wildlife, as well as human health.
Mexico has a diversified generation matrix, that means, different technologies but its largest generation at the end of 2020 comes from combined cycle plants (42.5%), in these plants the thermal energy produced by natural gas is transformed into electricity through two cycles consecutive, the one corresponding to a conventional gas turbine and that of a steam turbine. This resulting in constant high levels of pollution and greenhouse gases.
On the other hand, the generation of energy through clean technologies was only 19.5% including Hydroelectric, Nuclear, Wind, Efficient Cogeneration, Geothermal, Bioenergy and Photovoltaic. The renewable technology infrastructure with the highest contribution to the total installed capacity in the country at the beginning of 2020 after hydroelectric power is solar with 4.37% and although Mexico has a territory 5.5 times greater than Germany and also radiation 4.4 times greater, the solar energy generated in the European country is 44.2 times higher.
Mexico is one of the countries with the greatest solar potential in the world since it is one of the 5 countries that receives the most energy of this type with 5.5 kilowatt hours per square meter (kWh / m2).
The world is on the path of an energy transition giving priority to renewable energies since otherwise all life on the planet is put at risk, affecting the climate, biodiversity and health.
The Mexican government over the years has joined this important transition, thus acquiring important international commitments that are a great strategic and economic challenge, for that reason, political forces seem to want to cling to the idea of the exploitation of fossil fuels and slowing down the development of large-scale private renewable energy generating plants and putting their compliance at risk.
Similarly, in Mexico, the tools for the general population to promote the energy transition are given, are respected and even promoted by the federal government through some tax incentives, which helps to allow the acquisition and start up of residential and commercial private PV Systems as well as for small and medium industrial scale.
