Historical note on the first geothermal plant in Mexico 1959
Cerro Prieto, geothermal power plant complex, Baja California, Mexico (source: flickr/ BajaAerial)
Alexander Richter
15 Feb 2013
The first geothermal power plant in Mexico was built in 1959 with 3 MW generation capacity in the Pathe area in Hidalgo.
The countries electricity generation authority has a blog that gives a great insight in the history about geothermal development in Mexico.
The following is a rough translation of that article, as it relates to geothermal.
In November 1959 the CFE began development of geothermal energy in Mexico when installed the first pilot plant in 3,000 Kw capacity in the Pathe area, Hidalgo. Although this plant was dismantled after 14 years of operation due to low capacity (less than 500 kw), it prompted the federal government to continue with geothermal exploration and development in other areas such as the Cerro Prieto, Baja California and Ixtán of Boilovers, Michoacán.
Source: People CFE, via Piensa en Geotermia
