Municipio de Mexicali — Mexico

Municipio de Mexicali is a 10 MW wind power plant in Baja California, Mexico. It is operated by Comisión Estatal De Energìa De Baja California [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 8.5k homes (estimated). It ranks #297 of 366 Mexico power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2010, it is around 16 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 MEX0006710.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 10 MW, Municipio de Mexicali 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

0.6% of 1,587 MW across 20 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

0 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 Comisión Estatal De Energìa De Baja California [100%].

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSk) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 32.5°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 15% 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: 44/100 — this site sits in the mid 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 #18 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

• Jacumba Solar Farm · Solar · 20 MW · Baja California
• Tecate CC power station · Gas · 150 MW · Baja California
• Tule Wind LLC · Wind · 143 MW · Baja California
• Ocotillo Express LLC · Wind · 265.4 MW · Baja California
• Golden Acorn Casino · Wind · 1 MW · California
• Kumeyaay Wind · Wind · 50 MW · California

Location

Coordinates 32.4978, -116.0898 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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