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Mexico Energy Situation
Overview
| Mexico | |||
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Capital |
Mexico DF | ||
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Official language(s) |
Spanish | ||
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Government |
Presidential Republic | ||
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President |
Felipe Calderon | ||
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Total area |
1,972,550 km2 | ||
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Population |
112 336 538 (2010) [1] | ||
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GDP (nominal) |
$1,034,804 millions (2010) | ||
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GDP Per capita |
US$ 9,123 (2010) | ||
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HDI |
0.770 (2011)[2] | ||
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Electricity generation |
257.88 TWh/year (2011) [3] | ||
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Access to electricity |
97.61 (2011)[4] | ||
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Wind Energy |
873 MW (Dec 2011) | ||
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Solar Energy |
MW | ||
| Geothermal Energy | 965 MW (By August 2010) [5] | ||
Energy situation
Mexico's energy situation is dominated for fossil fuels, for example regarding Oil Mexico is ranked as the 7[6] biggest producers in the World.
This can be reflected in the energy mix:
In 2009 the total primary energy produced was 9852.9 PJ,where more than 90% of this energy was from fossil fuels.
| Primary energy |
Porcentage |
|---|---|
| Fosil fueles | 92.7% |
| Nuclear | 1.1% |
| Renewables | 6.2% |
The electricity generation is also dominated for fossil fuels, 71% of the Electricity comes from Thermal Power plants, most of them in Combined Cycle .
During the 2009 the electricity generated was 268200 GWh from a total installed capacity of 60440 MW (by Dec 2009)[7]
Renwable energy sources
Hydropower
Solar power
Mexico is a sun belt country with an annual average irraduation of 5 kWh/m2
More infomation:
- Asociacion nacional de energia solar ANES (Spanish only)
Wind power
More information:
- Asociacion mexicana de energia eolica (Spanish only)
Geothermal
Biomass
Policy framework, laws and regulations
Institutional set up in the energy sector
Activities of other donors
References
- ↑ INEGI http://www.inegi.org.mx/
- ↑ Human Development Report http://hdr.undp.org/en/
- ↑ Secretaría de Energía con datos de Comisión Federal de Electricidad y Luz y Fuerza del Centro / Área Central
- ↑ Comision Federal de Electricidad http://www.cfe.gob.mx/QUIENESSOMOS/ESTADISTICAS/Paginas/Estadistica.aspx
- ↑ Secretaria de Energia-Mexico http://www.renovables.gob.mx/portal/Default.aspx?id=1669&lang=1
- ↑ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2173rank.html
- ↑ Secretaría de Energía (SENER).Prospectiva del Sector Eléctrico 2010-2025. Obtenido de http://www.sener.gob.mx/res/1825/SECTOR_ELECTRICO.pdf
