New Geographies of Energy in Mexico

Adrian Duhalt (Editor), Isidro Morales (Editor)

ISBN: 9783032264879

Published: 30 July 2026

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Publisher: Springer Cham

Description

Mexico's energy sector is undergoing one of Latin America's most consequential transitions: from a century of centralized, oil-dependent state control to an increasingly complex mix of public, private, local, and international actors. This contributed volume, edited by Adrian Duhalt (Rice University's Baker Institute) and Isidro Morales (BUAP), takes a distinctly geographical approach — instead of tracking only production and investment figures, it maps how pipelines, refineries, power plants, gas corridors, and renewable energy projects reshape regional economies, livelihoods, and political dynamics across the country. Thirteen chapters move from national policy questions down to specific territories, from Baja California's cross-border energy security to indigenous consent disputes over wind farms in Oaxaca, building a resource for understanding how energy transition plays out on the ground in a major North American economy.

Key Features

• Maps how cross-border natural gas flows with Texas and Baja California's status as an "energy island" shape US-Mexico energy security planning
• Analyzes real disputes over indigenous consent (the Bi Nisa wind farm in Oaxaca) and community dispossession in fishing areas (Sanchez Magallanes) — directly relevant to ESG and social-license risk assessment for energy projects in Mexico
• Documents how the Universal Electricity Trust program is being used to combat energy poverty, offering a policy case study for practitioners designing similar access programs elsewhere

Coverage

Combines national-level policy analysis (energy deregulation, the shift from state monopoly to a multi-actor market) with in-depth regional case studies spanning natural gas infrastructure, petrochemical value chains in southern Veracruz, cross-border gas integration with Texas, renewable energy geography, and the social and environmental impact of energy projects across Baja California, the Yucatan Peninsula, Tabasco, Campeche, and Oaxaca.

About the Authors

Adrian Duhalt is a Nonresident Scholar at SMU's Texas-Mexico Center and a former Research Scholar at Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy and Postdoctoral Fellow at Rice University's Baker Institute. His work centers on the political economy of energy in Mexico and Latin America, including natural gas, petrochemicals, and national oil companies. He holds a PhD in Economic Geography from the University of Sussex.

Isidro Morales is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Latin American Policy (Wiley), an External Fellow at Rice University's Baker Institute, and Professor at BUAP. He earned his PhD from Sciences Po Paris and has held research and teaching positions at El Colegio de Mexico, Tecnologico de Monterrey, and universities in Copenhagen and South Korea.

Table of Contents

Introduction — A. Duhalt, I. Morales
The Geographic Dimension of Renewable Energy — P. A. Sanchez Campos
Geographies of Natural Gas Supply and Infrastructure: The Case of Puebla's Manufacturing Industry — E. Salamanca, A. Duhalt
The Role of Enhanced Supply of Natural Gas and Ethane in Petrochemical Value Chains in Southern Veracruz — A. Duhalt
Northeast Mexico's Gas Assemblage with Texas — I. Morales
Baja California as an "Energy Island": Energy Security and Cross-Border Integration — M. Lopez-Vallejo
Energy and Territory: the Yucatan Peninsula — J. Micheli Thirion
A Geographical Approach to Combating Energy Poverty in Mexico: the Universal Electricity Trust — A. L. Moreno et al.
Dispossession of a Fisher's Seascape: Sanchez Magallanes — D. G. Cupido Santamaria et al.
Social and Institutional Vulnerabilities in Ciudad Pemex, Tabasco — H. E. Gomez Lopez, D. E. Ramos Munoz
Socioenvironmental Vulnerability in the Laguna de Terminos, Campeche — M. Frutos Cortes et al.
Social Conflict in Energy Projects: the Bi Nisa Wind Farm, Oaxaca — J. F. Mendoza Ibarra, P. A. Cacciavillani
Territorial and Sociological Repercussions of the Energy Sector in the Tula Metropolitan Area — L. R. Perez Herrera

Why buy this book?

For professionals tracking Mexico's energy sector — corporate strategists, policy analysts, institutional investors, and academic libraries supporting Latin American studies or energy policy programs — this book replaces scattered reporting with a structured, peer-reviewed account of how national energy policy actually plays out at the regional and community level. It is a reference for due diligence on social and environmental risk in Mexican energy projects, and a rare English-language, geography-first treatment of a market most analyses cover only from a macro investment angle.

Keywords

Mexico energy transition, energy geography, energy policy Mexico, natural gas infrastructure, renewable energy Mexico, energy security, Pemex, energy poverty, ESG energy projects Latin America

Target Audience

Energy policy analysts, corporate strategists and investors in Latin American energy markets, academic libraries in energy studies and economic geography, ESG and social-risk consultants

Genre

Energy Policy, Economic Geography

Q&A

Where can I buy New Geographies of Energy in Mexico?
You can order it directly from CLNZ Books, with worldwide shipping included in the price.

What is New Geographies of Energy in Mexico about?
It examines how Mexico's energy transition, from oil dependency to a more diversified mix of players, is reshaping specific regions, from cross-border gas corridors with Texas to wind farm disputes in Oaxaca.

Who edited this book?
Adrian Duhalt (Rice University's Baker Institute) and Isidro Morales (BUAP), with contributions from a range of Mexican and international energy researchers.

Is this book useful for energy policy research outside Mexico?
Yes — its geographic, multi-actor framework for analyzing energy transitions applies to other countries navigating similar shifts from centralized to diversified energy systems.

Does the book cover the social and environmental impact of energy projects?
Yes, several chapters focus specifically on community-level effects, including indigenous consent disputes, fisher displacement, and energy poverty programs.

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