Energy transition

Thesis

October 2, 2026 · 9 min

Six axes and one condition: an energy agenda for the Bajío

Energy security, a renewable mix of 40 to 60%, agrivoltaics, bioenergy and hydrogen, distributed generation and efficiency. Six lines of work for the region and one condition that runs through all of them: energy justice. Each with its starting point and what we propose to measure.

Infrastructure

September 30, 2026 · 7 min

Windmills, giants and the wind we don't use

From Hildegard of Bingen to Don Quixote, wind has always moved something. Mexico has close to 8 GW of onshore wind, only one farm of it in Jalisco, and not a single turbine at sea, where the resource is almost twenty times larger.

Events

August 31, 2026 · 8 min

Summit 2026: what German industry and the Bajío put on the table

On 2 September, the BDI, COPARMEX Nacional, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the State of Guanajuato opened a Germany–Mexico industrial agenda in Silao. This is the full record of the day: programme, speakers, panels, and the 61-supplier Catalogue.

Thesis

August 18, 2026 · 6 min

A just energy transition: what Mexico must prepare

The question is no longer whether Mexico changes its energy mix, but who pays and who keeps the benefit. Four ledgers to prepare before the transition settles them on its own: the coal region, the poor household, the host territory and the public purse.

Thesis

July 2, 2026 · 6 min

Powering the Bajío's Japanese plants

The Bajío's Japanese automakers have largely solved their clean electricity. Their suppliers have not. Corporate 2035 targets cascade down the chain, and the 2025 rules open the door to 0.7–20 MW self-supply.