Welcome to the first installment of Energy Panorama for 2020.
We are very pleased to share this month’s featured report Baja California Energy Outlook 2020-2025. The report was prepared during the summer and fall of 2019 and counted collaboration from several colleagues and partners in Baja California and UC San Diego.
As the report sets forth, the energy outlook for the Mexican state of Baja California presents a unique case particularly given the importance of energy for the new administration that took office in November 2019. The report details the current state of the sector, crucial demand drivers and challenges the new team faces. Most importantly, the report examined opportunities for the sector in the coming years and possible solutions for existing challenges. Central to the analysis, the document presents scenarios for optimizing the current state of energy infrastructure and discusses the state’s renewable energy potential and avenues to leverage those resources. The broader national Mexican energy policy and regulatory framework, as well as that of the neighboring state of California, are reviewed and included as part of wide-ranging appendices.
Our podcast series this month delved into the “Samba” auctions model and Brazil’s evolving power market and lessons learned from the last 25 years. This was the debut podcast for our non-resident fellow, Leonardo Beltran, who we are pleased to welcome back for 2020.
Additionally, we examined the energy policy landscape since Alberto Fernandez assumed the presidency of Argentina on December 10; in particular, the possibility of a renewed role for Argentina’s provinces in helping to set the national energy agenda and shape the policy debate.
For those who may have missed it, we concluded 2019 with our annual program in collaboration with the Inter-American Dialogue in Washington, DC and a discussion and panel at the National Press Club. The event focused on the energy sector in Mexico at the one-year anniversary of Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s administration. Below are the short report summary and highlight video.
We head to Mexico City for our first Roundtable of the year on February 25-26 and Buenos Aires on March 17-18 for our annual Argentina Energy Roundtable.
Season’s greetings from La Jolla! We are pleased to share the latest installment of Energy Panorama for your holiday reading pleasure.
We concluded the year with our annual program in collaboration with the Inter-American Dialogue in Washington, DC and a discussion and panel at the National Press Club. The event focused on the energy sector in Mexico at the one-year anniversary of Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s administration. Panelists discussed the challenges and opportunities that private investors face across various sectors including power, renewables, oil and natural gas. Below are links to an event summary and highlight video.
On the sidelines of our event in Washington, DC, we sat down with Julio Valle from Mexico’s solar and wind energy associations for our podcast series. He shared the latest clean energy market developments, policy changes surrounding CELs and the unfolding legal challenges.
Keeping with our annual tradition, the December Energy Panorama looks back and shares selected reports, analysis, podcasts and webinars that we produced this year, as well as insights from our diverse programming across the hemisphere. What follows is a curated compendium of the 2019 IOA Energy & Sustainability Program.
We look forward to seeing you in 2020 and we wish you and yours a joyous and peaceful.
The Institute of the Americas was pleased to collaborate on the inaugural “Women in Energy 2019” conference in Quito, Ecuador. Jacqueline Sanchez, Energy Policy Associate, participated on a panel of women professionals in the energy and finance sectors, including Daniela Espinosa, Co-founder and COO, Kushki, Laurie Fitzmaurice, VP Business Development Mexico, EDF Renewable Energy North America, Sofía Zárate, Commercial Specialist, US Embassy Quito and Rocio Velarde, Country Manager, Citibank Ecuador. The panel “Women Planning the Future” focused on key themes related to women in leadership, the role of technology, the current challenges and opportunities and the development opportunities for women empowerment for the next decade. (more…)
Mexico’s government in October modified a rule to be able to extend clean energy certificates to old, government-run hydropower and nuclear power plants.
Each year the Institute of the Americas and Inter-American Dialogue collaborate to host discussions of energy issues and the outlook for the sector in the Western Hemisphere. This year’s discussion was aimed at examining the issues facing Mexico’s energy sector.
This December marks the one-year anniversary of Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s inauguration. A year into his term, there is considerable clarity as to how his policies have impacted the investment climate for the energy sector. At an event co-hosted by the Institute of the Americas and Inter-American Dialogue, panelists discussed the challenges and opportunities that private investors face across various sectors including power, renewables, oil and natural gas. (more…)
Great panel to discuss #Oilandgas update -#price, #upstream and #production, #storage, #downstream and #DosBocas with Mr. Sladen from Recoinnatre Ltd., Warren Levy, Jaguar Exploración y Producción, Rosanety Barrios @vozexpertamx @pzarater @AztecDuncan @MexicoInstitute
Continuing with the last day of our #LJC2020 to discuss #gas and #power update -pipelines, #power markets and #renewables moderated by @MontseRamiroX @vozexpertamx with @memo_z @LeoBeltranR, Juancho Eekhout @IEnova_MX and Gerardo Serrato from Hartree Partners #LJC2020
The #power sector #model in #Mexico needs to fit with the current situation in order to continue receiving #private #investment and develop the sector #LJC2020
