There is industrial parks in San Luis Potosí that no longer have availability of electrical energy to house more companies, he pointed Fernando Ibarra Jimenezpresident of the Industry 4.0 Alliancewho warned that it is energy reform necessary so that investments that are waiting for new rules in the country begin to operate.
Ibarra Jiménez indicated that The electrical infrastructure in the country no longer supports the demand for energyboth in the domestic and industrial sectors, which was evidenced by the blackouts a few weeks ago.
He mentioned that in the case of the industry, The demand for electrical energy has increased due to the expansion of companies already installed in the country and the arrival of new investments as a result of nearshoring, and it has already exceeded the supply capacity in Mexico.
He highlighted that “the most obvious case is QuerétaroIf you want to put up a plant, it does not have electricity to be installed; In San Luis there are parks that have the land, they even have buildings, but they no longer have electrical energy capacity“I say this first-hand because the Chambers have shared it with me.”
In this way, he mentioned that now The installation of companies no longer depends so much on where it is convenient for them to gobut where there is the capacity to receive them “and that is a problem.”
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In that sense, he pointed out that it is already energy reform necessary“it is no longer a matter of whether they want it or not, we have to invest, so the energy reform must be promoted and supported.”
He highlighted that it is It is important that Mexico has a legal and legal framework so that there are no abuses by companies that come to the country to invest in energy generation.and that it is the Nation that benefits from the creation of jobs, generation of clean energy, payment of taxes and fair and healthy competition.
And he said he knew “first-hand that There are foreign Spanish, American, Italian, and German companies that have already purchased land or ejidal use rights in San Luis Potosí to install their solar farms.and at this moment They are only waiting for the approval of a new reform to understand the rules of the investment game and immediately enter the market.
Ibarra Jimenez described as positive that investors are already prepared to start operatingand expressed confidence that the new federal administration would be more open to the generation of clean energy “because (Claudia) Sheinbaum is an environmentalist and scientist, I want to believe that she understands these issues.”
