
Chapter 13
Renewable energy and Mexico –
an emerging market wit h
promise
Pilar Rodríguez-Ibáñez
While California, Spain, and even New Jersey saw widespread and rapid installation
of solar energy systems in a short period of time, this was largely motivated by policy
change instead of pure economic gain. Conversely, Mexico is among a growing list
of countries where the cost of solar energy produced may be lower than the cost of
energy available from their current base of generation. While the long term benefits
of renewable energy are often overlooked by the opportunistic market. Countries in
this situation may experience an organic boom in the ...