Mexico has signed commitments with seventeen US energy companies to develop 1,854 MW of wind and solar capacity near the US border, along with transmission lines leading to California. In related news from last week, the US Ambassador stated that the US and Mexico are “working through” $30 billion in investment in the Mexican energy sector on the part of US companies. The Mexican President also received the US Climate envoy at the national Palace earlier this month, and claimed that Mexico still wants to reach 35% renewable energy come 2024, for whatever those words are worth? This seems like a partial volte-face for the government of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO), in power since 2018, which has been attempting…