Mexico: Industry giants enrol in energy efficiency program
With inspiration from Denmark, a number of Mexican energy intensive companies, such as Nestlé, Bimbo and Audi, have signed a voluntary agreement for energy efficiency. The companies have committed to increase their energy efficiency and the agreements signed so far will reduce emissions with more than 55.000 tonnes CO2 equivalent per year. This corresponds to the annual emissions of 12.000 Danish households.
As part of the Danish-Mexican Energy and Climate Partnership Program, the Danish Energy Agency has supported Mexico’s National Commission for the Efficient Use of Energy (CONUEE), responsible for managing the scheme of voluntary agreements, in preparing for administering this and in reaching out to companies encouraging them to participate in the scheme. This was accomplished through energy audits and a series of technical workshops for companies representing the main industrial activities in Mexico.
In total 16 agreements have now been signed by some of the most energy intensive enterprises in Mexico, including producers of cement, steel, glass, automobiles, and coffee powder. By 2024, these projects are estimated to lead to energy savings of 200 gigawatt hours annually. This energy saving potential in Mexico is 3.5 higher than the savings obtained with an identical investment through the voluntary agreement scheme in Denmark during 2015-18.
Read more about the Danish contributions to energy efficiency in Mexico’s industry here.