The Secretary of Energy said the plant will be located in the northern state of Puebla. Mexico develops renewable energy, like wind energy, concentrated solar thermal power and photovoltaic solar energy.

Foresee the opening of three new plants next year, as happened in 2011. Although next year's economic performance is expected to be lower than 2011, the country's cosmetics industry sales estimates to grow about 6 percent.

The National Autonomous University of Mexico , or UNAM, said Monday that the government will fund a project to calibrate the country's solar-radiation detectors in pursuit of an estimate of the potential for drawing energy from the sun.