Solar energy potential in the coastal zone of the Gulf of Mexico

Eunice Villicaña-Ortiz, Antonio J. Gutiérrez-Trashorras, José Pablo Paredes-Sánchez and Jorge Xiberta-Bernat

Renewable Energy, 2015, vol. 81, issue C, 534-542

Abstract: Mexico is an oil-producing country which has both fossil and renewable resources. The Gulf of Mexico is its primary source of conventional resources. The economic and environmental uncertainties arising from the widespread use of hydrocarbons, oil and natural gas make it necessary to develop indigenous renewable sources to promote the transition to a diversified energy mix, thus achieving a more sustainable energy model. Solar resources are important because of the high radiation levels throughout the country. Although use of solar power is conditioned by the climatic and meteorological characteristics of the area, it is likely to be applied in both electrical and thermal systems.

Keywords: Renewable; Solar technologies; Solar energy; Mexico (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2015.03.068

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