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Mexico Working to the Largest Solar PV Power Plant In Latin America in La Paz, Baja California Sur

Date Published: 6/1/2013

At a total cost of $100 million US dollars, the government of Mexico will construct the biggest solar energy ''park'' of Latin America in La Paz, Baja California. Hector Olea, president of Gauss Energy, the company who will build the facility, explained it will be allocated to the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) in a contract agreement for the next 20 years. The company, in existence since 2004, is the country's leader in the development of investment projects, specializing in the energy sector of Mexico. The Gauss Energy project in Southern Baja California, will be the construction of a 30 megawatt solar power plant that is expected to be finished at the end of 2013. Unlike previous, similar projects, this Baja California Sur installment will not be sustained through subsidies, nor controlled by the state or municipal branches of government. The 247 acres (100 hectares) in La Paz...

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