Will Mexico colocate battery energy storage systems?

Future wind and solar energy projects in Mexico will be required to colocate battery energy storage systems equivalent to 30% of their capacity, a senior government official told the Senate on Tuesday.

Does Mexico have a 30% energy storage mandate?

A month after India introduced an energy storage mandate for renewable energy plants and China scrapped its own, Mexico has stepped forward with an ambitious 30% capacity requirement, alongside plans to add a further 574 MW of batteries by 2028.

Will Mexico develop energy storage technologies in the next decade?

However, we expect Mexico to develop its energy storage technologies significantly over the next decade, as well as its lithium mining industry, as it increases its renewable energy capacity as part of a global green energy transition.

Can a battery energy storage system complement a PV plant in Mexico?

An analysis was carried out to verify if it would be commercially feasible to operate a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) to complement the operation of a PV plant in the Mexican market. This PV plant would generate a revenue through the contracting via the 2015, 2016 or 2017 LTAs in Mexico.

Can electric energy storage systems be used in Mexico?

Within the scope of the GIZ analysis about the economic condition for the use of Electric Energy Storage Systems (EESS), in Mexico in general, and in the Mexican isolated grid of Baja California Sur in particular, an analysis has been carried out on the potential of these LTA.

Does battery storage provide services to the Mexican electric grid?

While battery storage does not currently provide services to the Mexican electric grid, and while several operational and regulatory challenges still need to be overcome, there is considerable potential for battery storage to offer valuable economic and reliability services going forward.