With US help, Mexico aims to double clean energy production by 2030

The US said it will help incentivize investment in Mexican renewable energy

Published November 15, 2022

Mexico will collaborate with the United States to double its capacity to produce renewable energy, Foreign Affairs Minister Marcelo Ebrard said Saturday at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt.

He also announced that Mexico will aim to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 35% by 2030, a target five percentage points higher than expected.

Ebrard made the announcements at a COP27 press conference at which he appeared alongside the United States special presidential envoy for climate, John Kerry.

“President López Obrador has decided to increase the national greenhouse gases emissions reduction target from 22% to 35% in order to accelerate the energy transition in North America,” he said.

“That means doubling efforts in the next eight years compared with the original plans for this decade,” the foreign minister said.

Mexico intends to ramp up production of a range of clean energies including wind, solar, geothermal and hydroelectric.

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