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***** (***** | *****) Overview
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Capital
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Mexico DF
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Official language(s)
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Spanish
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Government
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Presidential Republic
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President
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Felipe Calderon
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Total area
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1,972,550 km2
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Population[1]
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112 336 538 (2010)
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GDP (nominal)[2]
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US$1,034,804 Million (2010)
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GDP Per capita
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US$ 9,123 (2010)
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HDI
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0.770 (2011)[3]
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Electricity generation
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257.88 TWh/year (2011) [4]
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Access to electricity
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97.61 (2011)[5]
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Wind Energy
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873 MW (Dec 2011)
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Solar Energy
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MW
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| Geothermal Energy
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965 MW (By August 2010) [6]
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Energy situation
Fossil fuels dominate Mexico's energy situation, regarding Oil Mexico is ranked as the 7th biggest producer in the World[7]and this is reflected in the energy mix:
In 2009 from the 9852.9 PJ (primary energy) produced more than 90% came from fossil fuels.
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Porcentage
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| Fosil fueles
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92.7%
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| Nuclear
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1.1%
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| Renewables
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6.2%
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The electricity generation is also dominated for fossil fuels, 71% of the Electricity comes from Thermal Power plants, most of them in Combined Cycle .
During the 2009 the electricity generated was 268200 GWh from a total installed capacity of 60440 MW (by Dec 2009)[8]
https://energypedia.info/images/a/a4/End_Use_of_Primary_Energy_in_Mexico_-_by_Sector_.png
Renwable energy sources
Hydropower
Solar power
Mexico is a sun belt country with an annual average irraduation of 5 kWh/m 2
More infomation:
Wind power
Mexico has a high wind potential, in some regions like Oaxaca the wind speed reaches values over 8 m/s.
NREL hass developed wind atlas of some regions.
More information:
Geothermal
Mexico is the 4th place in the Geothermal installed capacity, just under 1 GW (2010)[9].
Biomass
Policy framework, laws and regulations
Institutional set up in the energy sector
Activities of other donors
References
- ↑ INEGI http://www.inegi.org.mx/
- ↑ http://data.worldbank.org/country/mexico
- ↑ Human Development Report http://hdr.undp.org/en/
- ↑ Secretaría de Energía con datos de Comisión Federal de Electricidad y Luz y Fuerza del Centro / Área Central
- ↑ Comision Federal de Electricidad http://www.cfe.gob.mx/QUIENESSOMOS/ESTADISTICAS/Paginas/Estadistica.aspx
- ↑ Secretaria de Energia-Mexico http://www.renovables.gob.mx/portal/Default.aspx?id=1669&lang=1
- ↑ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2173rank.html
- ↑ Secretaría de Energía (SENER).Prospectiva del Sector Eléctrico 2010-2025. Obtenido de http://www.sener.gob.mx/res/1825/SECTOR_ELECTRICO.pdf
- ↑ Ren 21 Renewable 2011 Global status report
