Concentrated Solar Power in Mexico: Industrial Development and Perspectives for a National Value Chain

Thursday, September 3, 2026

Time: 11:00am–12:20pm
Hall: Centro Banamex
Room: Conference Area

The industrial growth taking place in northern Mexico is transforming the region's energy needs and accelerating the demand for more modern, reliable, and sustainable infrastructure. In this context, solar energy and electrical storage are emerging as key technologies to strengthen industrial competitiveness and meet rising electricity demand. This panel will bring together public sector representatives and industry leaders to discuss how northern Mexican states are creating new opportunities for energy development, investment attraction, and the integration of solar and storage solutions across strategic sectors of the Mexican economy.

11:00am–12:20pmConcentrated Solar Power in Mexico: Industrial Development and Perspectives for a National Value Chain

Mexico is beginning to explore a new phase for the development of concentrated solar power technologies with thermal energy storage as part of its energy transition and industrial development strategy. Planned CSP projects in the country are opening new perspectives for industrial growth, local content development, job creation, and international technology cooperation.

This panel will bring together representatives from public institutions, international organizations, industry, and research centers to discuss the potential of a national CSP value chain in Mexico, as well as the challenges and perspectives for developing local suppliers, attracting investment, and strengthening industrial capabilities around strategic clean energy and thermal storage projects.

Sayra Gomez Garcia

Scientific Researcher

Fraunhofer ISE (Institute of Solar Energy Systems)

Mtra. Adriana Aragón Tapia

Coordinator of the German Mexican Energy Partnership

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

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Speakers

Speaker

Mtra. Adriana Aragón Tapia, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Coordinator of the German Mexican Energy Partnership

Adriana Aragón holds a Master's degree in Environmental Economics from the University of East Anglia (United Kingdom) and a Specialization in Energy and Environmental Policy and Management from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO, Mexico). She has worked in the public sector at the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources and the Ministry of Energy, leading initiatives on energy sustainability and climate policy, and coordinating federal government energy efficiency projects implemented in partnership with the World Bank. Since 2020, she has led energy programmes at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. She currently coordinates the Mexican-German Energy Partnership, a project implemented on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy since 2016.

Speaker

Sayra Gomez Garcia, Fraunhofer ISE (Institute of Solar Energy Systems)

Scientific Researcher

Germany

She holds a degree in Renewable Energy Engineering and a Master's degree in Sustainable Systems Engineering from Albert-Ludwig University in Freiburg, Germany, and has seven years of specialized experience in solar thermal energy. She has led engineering projects in solar process heat in Mexico and currently works as a research scientist in the Department of Concentrated Solar Power Technologies at Fraunhofer ISE-Europe's largest solar energy institute. Her work focuses on the modeling, simulation, and optimization of solar thermal power plants for electricity generation and solar process heat systems for industrial processes.