The Conference will host the following high-value Panels

Roadmap for the supply of electric energy in nearshoring

Geopolitical changes have positioned Mexico as the most attractive country to relocate the production processes from their original location outside the USA, referred to as nearshoring,  to take advantage of the existing commercial transactions between Mexico and USA through the TMEC and, perhaps mainly, of the geographical closeness between these countries.

A Road Map for the supply of electricity in the Mexico-USA nearshoring is crucial to guarantee the continuity and efficiency of all the production processess operations.  It must ensure resilience against possible interruptions, facilitate the identification of sustainable energy sources, optimize the distribution of resources,  and promote the adoption of clean technologies. In addition, it has to facilitate the strategic planning of shared electrical infrastructures, promoting cross-border collaboration and meeting environmental objectives. 

This panel will start the discussion of a comprehensive approach in the nearshoring roadmap to meet the growing energy demand of the nearshore supply chain, driving competitiveness and sustainability in the region.

Challenges to increase the interconnection capacity between regional operating entities in Latin America

Motivated by more responsible and environmentally friendly electricity production, governments around the world have enacted legislation to increase electricity generation through renewable energies. However, integrating renewable energies into existing power grids presents significant challenges in the operation of electrical systems because their intermittent, stochastic, and non-dispatchable nature creates imbalances between the energy supplied and demanded, affecting all agents in the system. One way to address the challenge of variability and uncertainty is through operating reserves. However, the reserve requirements increase as the amount of renewable energy used grows, which may be economically infeasible. In this way, achieving ambitious energy penetration objectives will require implementing innovative planning, operation, and control strategies for electrical systems, which will be discussed in this panel.

Challenges to increase the interconnection capacity between regional operating entities in Latin America

Electric transmission systems in Latin America face significant challenges in maintaining thenormal operation status because of the growing energy demand, the need to modernize aging infrastructure, and the integration of renewable resources, which are detrimental to the system’s efficiency and reliability. Furthermore, the economic efficiency of the electricity market has led to increasing stress on the power system, steering its operation closer to its stability limits. Several solutions have been proposed within this operating context that can be visualized as opportunities to cope with all those challenges. Those opportunities include expanding transmission capacity to facilitate renewable generation, integrating regional power systems via tie-line interconnection, and adopting smart technologies. However, to achieve these goals, which will result in a more resilient and sustainable network, collaboration between the public and private sectors is essential. This panel will present an overview of these challenges from the experts’ point of view and will address the challenges and opportunities above mentioned.

Experiences of the operational policies of the energy control centers

Energy control centers are responsible for decision-making that guarantees an interconnected electrical system’s normal and economical operation. The change in operational paradigm that electrical systems face due to the energy transition, the electrification of demand, delays in the expansion of the transmission structure, and greater availability of available data leads to redesigning operational policies and the decision-making in control centers. In this context, this panel discusses the experiences of the control centers in the face of this change in operational paradigm and how new technologies can be integrated to operate the electrical system appropriately in real-time.