The Baja California peninsula energy supply challenge
CONTEXT
Since 2019, the isolated Baja California Interconnected System (BCA) in Mexico has relied on temporary generators to help meet demand during the summer, when air conditioner use increases. The installed capacity in BCA totals 3,315 MW, which is barely …
Constitutional Reform Initiative: modelling curtailment for potential dispatch scenarios
CONTEXT
The Constitutional Reform Initiative presented by the Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to Congress on the 30th of September of 2021, may transform the landscape of the Mexican Electricity Sector.
After a series of regulatory actions taken by the …
The Puerto Peñasco solar project: The growing necessity for a better transmission network
In June of 2021, President Lopez Obrador asked Alfonso Durazo, the Governor of Sonora, to evaluate commissioning a solar project in the state. This would be the first renewable project of the AMLO presidency and would consist of a …
Chile: 2021 DisCo tender offers preliminary analysis
Energía Estrategica published yesterday 30th of August some raw data about the offers for the August 2021 Distribution Companies tender in Chile.
2,310 GWh/year of energy is tendered, starting supply in 2026, for 15 years. All the technologies are welcome …
LIE Reform: What does curtailment look like under the new dispatch criteria?
In past weeks, the power industry has been at the center of the national agenda. This started on February 1st, with the submission of a Preferential Law Initiative aiming to change several dispositions of the Electricity Industry Law (LIE) …
Capacity Balance Market: A plunge to zero in 2020?
In our first blog entry of the year, we discussed the 10 trends to watch in the Mexican energy sector throughout 2021. Among these, our team forecasted the Capacity Net Price would plunge to zero during the 2020 Capacity …
