CENACE, the government body overseeing Mexico’s electricity grid, decided to suspend preoperational testing at all solar and wind energy facilities not yet in commercial operation from May 3 and during the Covid-19 emergency. This decision is one of the measures announced by CENACE amid the Covid19 pandemic and the contraction in demand for electricity.
The decision applies to the El Llano solar plant owned and operated by Neoen, as well as several dozen other power plants, accounting for several gigawatts of green electricity capacity. As a result, El Llano had to halt its production on May 3. Construction of the 375 MWp photovoltaic facility was completed at the beginning of the year. It was in the process of pre-operational testing with CENACE ahead of the scheduled entry into force of a long-term power purchase agreement early July 2020. The El Llano power plant had started to inject power to Mexico’s electricity grid in February, with this energy being sold in the spot market.
