WiredInUSA May 2016

First solar panels installed

Alex Hinojosa, deputy managing director of the North American Development bank (NADB), was joined by the governor of Chihuahua as the first of 52,000 solar panels was installed in the 13.6MW AC Los Santos I solar park in Moctezuma, Chihuahua. border environmental cooperation commission (BECC), the overseas private investment corporation (OPIC), Buenavista Renewables (BVR), Leoni Cable, and the La Salle educational network were also present at the ceremony. The $40 million solar plant, which is being built with financing from NADB and OPIC, was certified by BECC in April 2015. The generated electricity will be purchased by La Salle for its northern district of educational institutions in Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Jalisco, Nuevo Leon, Sonora and Tamaulipas, as well as by Representatives from the

Leoni Cable which has factories in the states of Chihuahua, Durango, Sonora and Guanajuato. “We congratulate La Salle and Leoni on their use of renewable energy to power their facilities,” said Mr Hinojosa. “We are pleased to have participated in the financing of this solar project, a pioneer in energy sales for the private sector, which we hope will serve as an example for other companies that may wish to take advantage of the abundant solar energy in Chihuahua.” Los Santos I is the first phase of a multi-stage project envisaged to generate price-stable, long-term renewable energy in Chihuahua, one of the most solar rich states in northern Mexico.

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