Mexico reviewing 598 MW of green projects for enviro nods

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Mexico’s Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat) has received in October applications for environmental approval for 598 MW of wind and solar projects.

All projects have filed their Environmental Impact Statements (MIA) with Semarnat's Environmental Impact Assessment Procedure (PEIA), as stated in the country's Ecological Gazette. According to the agency’s weekly bulletin, the combined capacity comes from two large-scale photovoltaic (PV) projects and one wind scheme.

More details on the projects are available in the table below.

Name	Type	Capacity	Submitted to Semarnat by	State
Lacarabina II	Wind	150 MW	Parque Eolico La Carabina II SAPI DE CV	Coahuila
Guadalupe Saraiba	Solar	315 MW	Framor Solar Plant 2 SA de CV	Puebla
Penas Prietas Sonora	Solar	133 MW	Proyectos Transparentes S de RL de CV	Sonora