Mexico's Lopez Obrador may struggle to increase size of Mexico's hydropower fleet

摘要

Mexico’s incoming President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador faces market challenges and social concerns in his effort to increase the country’s hydropower generation capacity as he promised on the campaign trail, sources told S&P Global Platts. Setbacks to his plans for a hydro build-out could ultimately lead to increased natural gas demand from the US. Efrain Villanueva, director for renewable energy with Mexico’s Energy Secretariat, or SENER, told Platts on Monday that developing hydropower projects in Mexico is not financially attractive.