Annual Report 2014
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MEXICO

Carlos Ortiz Gomez SENER


RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

KEY R&D INSTITUTIONS AND RELEVANT R&D PROJECTS
There are several institutions and private companies interested in ocean energy technologies that have made some studies, published papers and who are designing marine energy converters and planning ocean energy projects for the integration of the Mexican Innovation Centre in Ocean Energy (CEMIE Oceáno), the most significant public initiative for developing ocean energy in Mexico. 

These institutions and research centres are:

  • Instituto de Ingeniería (II-UNAM),
  • Instituto Mexicano de Tecnología del Agua (IMTA),
  • Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional - Mérida (CINVESTAV),
  • Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas (IIE),
  • Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE),
  • Instituto de Ecología (IEAC),
  • Instituto de Energías Renovables (IER-UNAM), and
  • Centro de Ingeniería y Desarrollo Industrial (CIDESI).

Likewise, there are some private companies with technological basis that have been working in designing ocean energy systems: AXIS Ingeniería, RDZ Renewables, Sexto Sol, Energy Forever, and Grupo ENAL. Their ideas and projects are not public yet. Some of these are expected to be part of the strategic and operative plan of the Mexican Innovation Centre in Ocean Energy (CEMIE Océano), the governmental initiative that seeks to unite all the research, development and innovation in ocean energy technologies done in Mexico.