Chile’s energy commission in July approved Enel Generación Chile’s plan to disconnect the second unit of the Bocamina coal-fired plant in May 2022, 18 years earlier than originally planned.
LEA200814Mexico has seen a radical change of direction regarding renewable energy since Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) took office in December 2018.By 2018, Mexico had held three clean energy auctions for the sale of clean energy and related clean energy certificates to CFE, the state-owned power company. An October 2018 press release from the Ministry of Energy noted that as a result of these auctions, Mexico would receive US$8.6 billion in investment, which would be used to develop 65 solar and wind energy projects.
The Economic and Strategic Arguments for Renewable Energy in Mexico
Welcome to the July edition of Energy Panorama. This month’s featured analysis, Pros and Cons of a Super Regulator – The case of the Spanish Regulator, focuses on the debate over the role of regulators in Mexico. Specifically, our Non-Resident Fellows Andres Chambouleyron and Leonardo Beltran delved into the proposal in Mexico to create a market super regulator, largely derived from the Spanish experience.
Our Clean Energy in Mexico webinar series in collaboration with the Mexico Institute at the Wilson Center also convened a discussion focused on regulators and regulation: Will Mexico’s regulatory level playing field survive? A conversation with the experts that featured former CRE Commissioners Francisco Xavier Salazar, Montserrat Ramiro and Guillermo Zuñiga.
We are also pleased to share the summary report from our Virtual Panel on Caribbean Energy Security, that included a presentation and discussion of the vision for the energy sector of the incoming government in the Dominican Republic as well as perspectives and the impact of COVID-19 on energy transition and natural gas in the Caribbean Basin.
July saw the release of Spanish versions of two previously published reports and our efforts to further assess the outlook for renewable energy in Mexico as well as the role and importance of critical minerals and supply chains in the hemisphere:  Los Argumentos EconĂłmicos y EstratĂ©gicos para la EnergĂa Renovable en MĂ©xico and Entonces, TĂş TambiĂ©n Quieres Hacer BaterĂas? Un marco de referencia para desarrollar una estrategia industrial de la cadena de suministros de BaterĂas de Iones de Litio.
Continuing our assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on the pace and scope of energy transition across Latin America, we were pleased to have both Cecilia Aguillon, Director of the IOA’s Energy Transition Initiative, and Andres Chambouleyron contribute to the Inter-American Dialogue’s Energy Advisor newsletter and respond to the question: Is Covid Speeding up Latin America’s Energy Transition?
We also delved into the role of energy integration after the pandemic in an essay by Leonardo Beltran.
Jeremy Martin participated and moderated a July 15 virtual panel we organized in collaboration with CEBRI and a wide-ranging discussion of climate change, deforestation, power markets, energy transition and natural gas in Brazil.
As always, we are delighted to include the insights of IOA board member Chris Sladen and his essays written for ANZMEX.
Be sure to mark your calendars for our collaboration with IPD Latin America and Global Event Partners for the second Madrid Energy Conference set for Sep 28-Oct 2, online this year.
Reports
Pros and Cons of a Super Regulator – The case of the Spanish Regulator
Seguridad Energética en el Caribe y Retos Post-COVID-19
Los Argumentos EconĂłmicos y EstratĂ©gicos para la EnergĂa Renovable en MĂ©xico
Opinion & Analysis
Is Covid Speeding up Latin America’s Energy Transition?
Energy Integration Key After the Pandemic
Chris Sladen ANZMEX Energy Matters Vol 20
Chris Sladen ANZMEX Energy Matters Vol 21
Webinars
Energy: Reflections and perspectives
Will Mexico’s regulatory level playing field survive? A conversation with the experts
La Jolla Conference
In the News
Uso de combustĂłleo para electricidad sigue contaminando Ciudad de MĂ©xico
Spotlight: Aura Solar III – Mexico’s only solar-plus-storage park – BNamericas
YPF lanza un plan de retiros voluntarios con los incentivos más altos del sector
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Siendo una de las economĂas de más rápido crecimiento en AmĂ©rica Latina y el Caribe, la RepĂşblica Dominicana ha experimentado un incremento en la demanda de energĂa en la Ăşltima dĂ©cada.
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This article was first published by Inter Press Service (IPS)
– On June 10, 2020, Senator Ricardo Monreal, President of the Political Coordination Board of the Senate of Mexico, presented a legislative initiative to reform Article 28 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, in order to cluster in a single regulator of economic competition, the Telecommunications, Broadcasting and Energy sectors. (more…)