RE+ Mexico

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Solar PV (photovoltaic)

Modules that convert sunlight directly into direct-current electricity, paired with inverters and mounting structures. At RE+ Mexico the PV chain spans cells and modules, inverters, trackers, combiner boxes, cabling and monitoring, alongside the EPC firms that assemble them into plants.

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Distributed generation (Generacion Distribuida, GD)

Small-scale generation, mostly rooftop and ground-mounted solar, connected on the customer side of the meter or on the distribution network. Mexico's GD segment is regulated separately from utility-scale plants and is the main route to market for residential and commercial installers.

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CFE (Comision Federal de Electricidad)

Mexico's state-owned electric utility, which operates most transmission and distribution and is the counterparty for interconnection, net-billing and wheeling arrangements.

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CRE (Comision Reguladora de Energia)

Mexico's energy regulator, responsible for permits, tariffs and the rules covering distributed generation, self-supply and storage interconnection.

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MEM (Mercado Electrico Mayorista)

Mexico's wholesale electricity market, where generators, suppliers and qualified users trade energy and capacity under the wholesale market rules.

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PPA (Power Purchase Agreement)

A long-term contract in which a generator sells electricity at an agreed price to a corporate or utility offtaker. Mexican PPAs are typically denominated in USD and structured around a fixed or indexed tariff.

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BESS (Battery Energy Storage System)

Battery banks with power conversion and controls used for peak shaving, backup, grid services and solar shifting. Storage is increasingly quoted alongside PV in Mexican C&I and utility tenders.

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Hybrid inverter

An inverter that manages both solar production and battery charging and discharge, allowing a site to run on PV, stored energy or the grid.

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Net metering / net billing (medicion neta)

Arrangements that credit exported solar energy against a customer's consumption. The specific Mexican scheme and compensation rules have been revised by the CRE, so contract terms should be checked against the current framework.

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kWp / MWp (kilowatt-peak, megawatt-peak)

The rated direct-current capacity of a solar array under standard test conditions. Mexican project discussions usually move between kWp for rooftops and MWp for utility-scale plants.

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Single-axis tracker

A mounting system that rotates modules east to west through the day to increase yield. Trackers dominate Mexican utility-scale plants where land is flat and irradiance is high.

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EPC (engineering, procurement and construction)

The contractor model in which one firm designs, procures and builds a plant to a guaranteed performance specification, then hands it over to the owner.

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Interconnection (interconexion)

The technical and contractual process of connecting a generator or storage system to the CFE distribution or transmission network, including studies, protection settings and metering.

14

Nearshoring

The shift of manufacturing capacity from Asia to locations closer to North American buyers, with northern and central Mexico the main beneficiary. New factories raise industrial electricity demand and open C&I solar and storage opportunities.

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NOM-001-SEDE

The Mexican electrical installations standard applied to wiring, protection and grounding in buildings, and a reference point for rooftop solar compliance.

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Off-grid / hybrid system

Solar plus storage systems that run without, or with limited, grid connection, used in remote agricultural, industrial and residential sites in Jalisco and beyond.