Playa del Carmen, Q.R. — Playa del Carmen is working with a Canadian company to move toward energy self-sufficiency. The goal, according to the city’s secretary of economic development, is to reduce the municipality’s dependence on CFE.
Antón Bojorquez, the Secretary of Economic Development and Investment Attraction for Playa del Carmen, says they are working with Canadian company Soluxium Technologies on a solar power project.
The company manufactures high-quality innovative energy products and is working with the municipality on generating solar farm energy but in a smaller space and with less environmental impact.
The proposal, Bojorquez said, is to install a first project in an area already cleared for the construction of the Maya Train. There are several now-unused material banks that were used for construction of the train.
Those areas, which are already cleared, could be revamped to house solar power panels and/or towers.
“A traditional solar park requires hundreds of hectares of already devastated land,” he said. “To protect the environment, we want it to be installed in an already impacted area such as the material banks that were used for the Maya Train.
“The company has the capacity to develop a highly beneficial project in a small space. An already impacted property is being sought for its installation. We are working in coordination with the state government to complete it,” said Bojórquez.
With the support of the state government and Playa del Carmen Mayor Estefanía Mercado, the goal is to move toward energy self-sufficiency, reducing dependence on supplies from Yucatan.
Currently, the state of Quintana Roo gets 97 percent of its energy from the state of Yucatan. The self-sufficiency could help put an end to power blackouts.
“We depend on 97 percent of our energy from Yucatan and if there’s a problem there, we are left without power here,” he said.
Bojorquez said a trip to Soluxium Technologies in Quebec had been planned for September, but was postponed due to scheduling issues. He says they are still hoping to visit the Canadian company along with an investor before the end of the year.
