Los Cabos International Airport may soon become energy self-sufficient as it moves forward with plans to build a large-scale solar farm.
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (GAP), which operates the airport, has been developing the project for more than a year. The goal is to generate enough electricity on-site to meet the airport’s high energy demands, currently the highest of any infrastructure in Baja California Sur.
“We’ve completed all the paperwork and continue making steady progress,” said Airport Director Francisco Villaseñor. “We hope to finalize the design and permitting stages this year and begin development soon after.”
If completed, the solar farm would be the first of its kind among GAP’s 14 airports in Mexico and the Caribbean.
“This is a major project,” Villaseñor added. “We expect to produce nearly all the energy we consume and eventually disconnect from the Federal Electricity Commission’s grid. That surplus could benefit the local population.”
The project could help ease energy shortages in the region, where residents frequently experience blackouts during the summer.
