Greening the Grid: Mexico

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The 21st Century Power Partnership (21CPP) is helping to strengthen and support Mexico's power sector.

Through 21CPP, NREL is helping Mexico with:

• Long-range planning of the power system for transmission, generation, and integration of renewable energy
• How best to operate the electric grid as Mexico increases the use of renewable energy and energy efficient technologies
• Smart Grid policy and implementation of its Smart Grid roadmap and technical modeling for solar PV distributed generation under various smart grid configurations
• Implementation of its energy reform directives.

21CPP is a multilateral effort of the Clean Energy Ministerial and serves as a platform for public-private collaboration to advance integrated policy, regulatory, financial, and technical solutions for the large-scale deployment of renewable energy in combination with deep energy efficiency and smart grid solutions.

Impact

Mexico is on the brink of a major energy reform that will significantly affect how people produce and consume electricity in the country. In 2014, a package of energy reform legislation became law that established a new legal framework for Mexico's energy industry.

Key Partners

• 21st Century Power Partnership
• U.S. Agency for International Development
• Clean Energy Ministerial

Publications

• Technical Evaluation of Battery Electric Bus Potential in Mexico City and Leon, Mexico
• The Value of Motorcycle Electrification in Mexico City
• Mexico and the 21st Century Power Partnership
• Mexico's Geothermal Market Assessment Report
• Designing Distributed Generation in Mexico
• The Status and Outlook of Distributed Generation Public Policy in Mexico
• Demand Response Compensation Methodologies: Case Studies for Mexico
• Informing Mexico’s Distributed Generation Policy with System Advisor Model (SAM) Analysis. English (PDF). Español (PDF)

Contact

Riccardo Bracho 

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