The Government of
Tlaxcala announced the investment of 160 million dollars from the company Enel
Green Power, for the project of renewable energy generation “Magdalena 2.”
The Governor Marco
Antonio Mena Rodriguez held a meeting with the representatives of the
multinational company of renewable energy in Mexico, through which they agreed
to support the project to be settled in the entity, which will generate 700
direct and indirect jobs during the installation.
Paolo Romanacci,
general director in Mexico and Central America of Enel Green Power, said that
the agreement with the State Government, in a near future they will be starting
the process of the construction of solar energy therefore there is observed the
installation of more than 550 thousand panels, with which they will become in
the largest solar plant in America. Likewise,
he mentioned that among the competitive advantages of Tlaxcala are its
connectivity and economic stability.
It is estimated that
such plant will be starting operations in the middle of 2019, with a capability
of 231.18 megawatts and it will be located in a surface of one thousand
hectares in the region of Tlaxco and Hueyotlipan, and it will be selling energy
to other companies.
The Italian company
Enel Green Power is the first one of its kind in Tlaxcala and is present
worldwide through its plants dedicated to the generation of renewable energy of
different types.
At the meeting with
members of the Government and from Enel company, were present Jorge Luis
Vazquez Rodriguez, secretary of Economic Development; Stefano Stortoni, Consul
of Italy in Puebla and Tlaxcala; and Guillem Masip and Rafael Burgos, project
manager and director of institutional affairs, respectively of Enel Green
Power.
