Mexico touts renewables, while blocking solar, wind projects
ABC News
Mexico's government says it is leading a transition to more renewable energy, even though President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has proposed restricting private wind and solar projects
MEXICO CITY -- Mexico’s government claimed Tuesday that it is leading a transition to more renewable energy, even though President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is pushing to restrict private wind and solar projects.
In a statement following a visit by U.S. climate envoy John Kerry, Mexico said it was seeking to cooperate with the United States on renewable energy. But many of the wind and solar electrical plants that López Obrador wants to limit were built by U.S. or Spanish firms.
The statement touted “cooperating closely with the United States to accelerate the roll-out of renewable energy in Mexico, including wind, solar, geothermal and hydroelectric.”
López Obrador has submitted a bill to guarantee preferences for dirtier state-owned power plants that burn coal and fuel-oil.
