Solar power plant in Sonora, Mexico. Approximate location 28.9592, -111.243.
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Munisol is a 20 MW solar power plant in Sonora, Mexico. It is operated by Grupo Sonora 80M. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 8.5k homes (estimated). It ranks #257 of 366 Mexico power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2018, it is around 8 years old — recently built. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, solar supplies about 7.4% 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 WKS0061157.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.
capacity: GEM tracker 2026 (location L100000807617); fuel: WRI source-record fuel
At 20 MW, Munisol is below the median solar plant in Mexico (50 MW). Technically it is described as PV. Solar PV converts sunlight directly into electricity with no moving parts or fuel; output varies by time of day and weather, so it pairs with storage or flexible backup.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Grupo Sonora 80M.
This solar plant converts sunlight directly into electricity with photovoltaic panels. It sits in a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 29.0°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with dust abrasion the leading environmental stress.
Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.
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.
The #21 largest solar power plant of 29 in Mexico by capacity.
Mexico has 29 solar power plants in this dataset, together about 2,736 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 28.9592, -111.243 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Munisol is a 20 MW source-record solar power plant in Sonora, Mexico, commissioned in 2018.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 8,509 homes (estimated).
Munisol is operated by Grupo Sonora 80M.
