Eólica Santa Catarina — Mexico

Eólica Santa Catarina is a 22 MW wind power plant in Nuevo Leon, Mexico. It is operated by Next Energy; Grupo Comexhidro. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 19k homes (estimated). It ranks #252 of 366 Mexico power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2013, it is around 13 years old — relatively modern. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 6.0% of Mexico's electricity; the national grid averages 474 gCO₂/kWh (25.9% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id MEX0006715.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000905570; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 22 MW, Eólica Santa Catarina is below the median wind plant in Mexico (84.2 MW). Technically it is described as Onshore. Wind turbines convert moving air into electricity; output is variable and site-dependent, and modern turbines deliver some of the lowest-cost new generation on many grids.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

Key facts

Share of Mexico wind capacity

1.4% of 1,587 MW across 20 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

6 of 10 dated wind plants in Mexico are older

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Capacity vs largest wind plants in Mexico

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Next Energy; Grupo Comexhidro.

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a hot semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSh) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 25.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 58% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 27/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with dust abrasion the leading environmental stress.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #17 largest wind power plant of 20 in Mexico by capacity.

Mexico has 20 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 1,587 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Tractebel Energía de Monterrey · Gas · 284 MW · Nuevo Leon
• SAN JERONIMO (CFE) · Other · 138.3 MW · Nuevo Leon
• Ramos cogeneration power station · Gas · 52 MW · Coahuila
• PEGI MONTERREY · Gas · 107.8 MW · Nuevo Leon
• Saltillo · Gas · 247.5 MW · Coahuila
• Ternium Monterrey power station · Gas · 50 MW · Nuevo Leon

Location

Coordinates 25.6907, -100.6221 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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