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Sheinbaum Opens New Manzanillo Combined‑Cycle Plant as Government Pushes to Rebuild CFE Capacity

The inauguration advances the administration’s plan to add 28,000 megawatts to shift more generation under state control and accelerate a managed move toward renewables.

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Overview

  • President Claudia Sheinbaum inaugurated the Central de Ciclo Combinado Manzanillo III, which adds 357 megawatts to the Manzanillo complex and is intended to serve about 800,000 users.
  • CFE officials said the plant cost $347.45 million, runs at roughly 58% net thermal efficiency, will save about 93 million liters of water a year and is estimated to avoid roughly 937,000 tonnes of CO2 annually.
  • The government says CFE now produces about 54% of national electricity and is targeting an additional 28,000 megawatts this term to raise state generation to roughly 57–65% depending on accounting.
  • Energy Secretary Luz Elena González reported that details on 38 new renewable plants will be released next week, a development the administration presents as part of a coordinated expansion under the Plan Nacional de Expansión 2025–2030.
  • The inauguration on Saturday builds on the 4T’s multi‑year effort to reverse prior privatization, use 2024 congressional changes to give CFE dispatch priority, and argue that stronger state control will secure supply for households, industry and regional development.