Mexico reviewing 764 MW of PV projects for enviro nods

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Mexico’s Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat), through its Ecological Gazette, announced last week that 763.6 MW of solar projects were submitted for environmental approval.

All projects have filed their Environmental Impact Statements (MIA) with Semarnet's Environmental Impact Assessment Procedure (PEIA).

According to the agency’s weekly bulletin, the combined capacity comes from five large-scale photovoltaic (PV) projects, of which the largest is a 330-MW plant.

More details on the projects in the table below.

Name	Capacity	Submitted to Semarnat by	State
Pachamama II	330 MW	Enr NL SA DE CV	Puebla
La Barca	200 MW	Vega Solar 10, SAPI DE CV	Jalisco
San Pedro	99.9 MW	Helio Chihuahua SAPI DE CV	Chihuahua
Palo Fierro Solar I	80 MW	Palo Fierro Solar SRL DE CV	Sonora
Rumorosa Solar	53.7 MW	Energia Sierra de Suarez Holding S DE RL DE CV	Baja California