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Mexico’s PRODESEN 2022–36: Focuses on integrating new generation and storage projects

Mexico’s PRODESEN 2022–36: Focuses on integrating new generation and storage projects

September 28, 2022 |

SENER recently published the Programa de Desarrollo del Sistema Eléctrico Nacional (PRODESEN) 2022–36 or the National Electric System Development Plan 2022–36, with an emphasis on DG, BES and smart grids. Under PRODESEN 2022–36, SENER plans to add over 56 GW of generation capacity, including 9 GW (16 per cent) of DG capacity, and 4.6 GW (8.2 per cent) of BES capacity. About 40 per cent of the total planned capacity will be based on clean energy sources.

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NREL’s Mexico Clean Energy Report

NREL’s Mexico Clean Energy Report

April 26, 2022 | ,

Rapid growth in renewable energy deployment could enable Mexico to achieve its 35% clean energy generation goal by 2024, generate high levels of investment, increase energy access, reduce costs to consumers, and—together with other technical measures—improve the reliability and resilience of Mexico’s power system.

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Latin America’s 2020 Climate Leaders and Laggards

Latin America’s 2020 Climate Leaders and Laggards

December 21, 2020 |

2020 was a turbulent year in Latin America. Few countries in the region were not touched by massive protests, political upheavals, economic woes or catastrophic storms—with the COVID-19 pandemic on top of it all. Despite this, some leaders in the region have continued to make much-needed advances to curb climate change, particularly, Chile, Colombia and Costa Rica.

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Xcel Energy on track to meet clean energy goal by 2050

Xcel Energy on track to meet clean energy goal by 2050

October 22, 2020 |

The strategic focus of Xcel Energy is on investing in cleaner power generation and transmission assets as well as in natural gas infrastructure. As a first step in this regard, in early 2018, it announced plans to reduce carbon emissions by 60 per cent (from 2005 levels), increase the share of renewable energy (RE) in its fleet to 55 per cent, and shut down 50 per cent of its coal capacity in the state of Colorado by 2030.

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Mexico’s disregard for the law in renewable energy policy

Mexico’s disregard for the law in renewable energy policy

September 1, 2020 |

This brief examines the decrees issued by the National Center for the Control of Energy (CENACE) on April 29, 2020 and those issued by the Department of Energy (SENER) on May 15, 2020. These decrees are specifically intended to hinder renewable energy companies from initiating the start-up tests to connect to the transmission grid.

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