Mexican Power System Model

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Mexican Power System Model

52 zones representing all of Mexico’s electric power system.

71 transmission connections between power system zones.

7 international connection points to represent international electricity trade with CAISO, ERCOT, Guatemala, and Belize.

745 Generators separated into 10 production types, including nuclear, natural gas, coal, hydropower (run-of-river and reservoir), wind, and solar.

Hourly profiles for electricity demand, wind generation, and solar generation.

Daily profiles for fuel prices and hydropower reservoirs.

Data Sources

CENACE, SENER, CRE, CONAGUA, EIA
Consultations, collaborations, and independent research

Applications

Wall Street Journal article

This dataset was used in a renewable integration study featured in the Wall Street Journal.

Production cost modeling of the Mexican power system

Renewable integration studies

Storage technology evaluation

Evaluation of ancillary service impacts

Evaluation of investment impacts on costs, prices, reliability, and emissions

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