Net Zero since day zero: Mexico

PROJECTS

MEXICO

Formula E has three projects located in the country of Mexico – one for fertinal nitrous oxide abatement, one for landfill gas, and one for wind energy.

FERTINAL NITROUS OXIDE ABATEMENT

Saving approximately 1,753,350 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually, the fertinal nitrous oxide abatement project is located in Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico.

Mexican agriculture is an important source of greenhouse gases, mainly through nitrogen fertilisation that represents 50.4% of the emissions in the sector in equivalent units of carbon dioxide. The purpose of the project is to reduce the current emissions of nitrous oxide (N20) from the production of nitric acid.

The project works by deploying a new environmentally clean technology to Mexico which is not even common industrial practise yet in developed countries to decompose and reduce nitrous oxide. The project is fully certified and contributes to 3 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (3, 8, 13).

LANDFILL GAS

Saving an estimated 170,499 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually, the landfill gas project is at a Municipal Solid Waste landfill site. The purpose of the project is to contain the harmful landfill gases emitted at the site and use the captured methane to generate electricity.

While generating electricity and reducing CO2 are primary aims of the project, methane gas itself is a potent greenhouse gas (GHG) with harmful global warming effects, so its removal presents an additional advantage.

Locally, the project benefits extend further into the local community by creating various employment opportunities and reducing the fire and explosion risk at the site.

The project is fully certified and contributes to 6 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (1, 3, 7, 8, 12, 13).

WIND ENERGY

With an estimated output of 554,675 MWh/year, the Piedra Larga wind farm II is located in the municipality of Union Hidalgo, Oaxaca State, in Mexico. The purpose of the project is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions compared to a business-as-usual scenario by displacing electricity based on fossil fuels, as well as reducing other pollutants (CO, NOx, SO2) from industry.

The wind farm, has a renewable energy capacity of 137.5 MW and will house 69 wind turbines with an expected operational lifetime of 20 years. It provides both environmental and social benefits to the local communities, with technological implementation and maintenance having fewer CO2 emissions associated whilst also creating jobs during both the construction and operations periods, contributing to the local economy.

The project is fully certified and contributes to 5 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (4, 7, 8,9, 13).