Self-supply

Sustainable development

October 10, 2026 · 8 min

Agenda 2030 in the Bajío–Centro-Occidente: four years to go

Eleven of fifteen years on, poverty fell in all six states, but formal employment did not move, lack of health access rose everywhere and 91 of 146 aquifers have no water available. Distributed generation doubled. One table with a source and year for every figure.

Thesis

October 2, 2026 · 9 min

Six axes and one condition: an energy agenda for the Bajío

Energy security, a renewable mix of 40 to 60%, agrivoltaics, bioenergy and hydrogen, distributed generation and efficiency. Six lines of work for the region and one condition that runs through all of them: energy justice. Each with its starting point and what we propose to measure.

Events

October 1, 2026 · 4 min

EECE Expo 2027: energy moved to the factory floor

Informa Markets has launched EECE Expo, an energy-efficiency and circular-economy trade show to be held in Monterrey alongside Expo Manufactura. The underlying figure: the North and the Bajío-West together hold more than half of Mexico's distributed generation.

Thesis

August 11, 2026 · 8 min

The Bajío's hidden energy market: 73 German plants, and almost no on-site generation

German OEMs in the Bajío already run on renewable power. The suppliers around them mostly don't. We sized the gap: roughly 64–183 MWp of on-site solar and US$52–216 million of capex, in projects too small for project finance and too large to ignore.

Thesis

July 2, 2026 · 6 min

Powering the Bajío's Japanese plants

The Bajío's Japanese automakers have largely solved their clean electricity. Their suppliers have not. Corporate 2035 targets cascade down the chain, and the 2025 rules open the door to 0.7–20 MW self-supply.

Thesis

March 3, 2026 · 6 min

Residential, C&I and utility: three solar markets that don't look alike

In Mexico, the word «solar» names three different businesses: a home rooftop, the industrial plant that generates for itself, and the park that sells to the grid. The customer, the permit, the risk and who finances it all change.