The document summarizes Wood Mackenzie's analysis of future power price trends in Mexico and their impact on solar and wind development. Key points include:
- Regional power prices in Mexico have separated into three distinct markets as northern prices have dropped while the Yucatan remains tight.
- Fuel constraints are easing as oil generation declines and gas increases with more renewables and gas plants coming online.
- Rapid solar growth is already changing hourly dispatch patterns but renewables face an uncertain future in Mexico.
- Lessons from California show declining midday prices as solar penetrations rise and reliability shifts to post-sunset.
- Mexico faces a potential "location challenge" as the best renewable sites see increasing
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Research Presentation: Delineating Future Power Price Trends in Mexico, and How These Will Impact Solar & Wind Development
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Delineating future power price trends in Mexico and how
these will impact solar & wind development
Brett Blankenship | October 28, 2019
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Source: Wood Mackenzie, CENACE
Regional power LMPs have trifurcated in the last year as northern markets have
dropped precipitously while the Yucatán remains very tight
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Yucatán and everyone else
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Yucatán, Central, and Northern markets separate
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Manzanillo
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Source: Wood Mackenzie, CENAGAS, CFE, other public announcements
Access to ‘stranded’ Waha gas via new deliverability routes is now becoming
apparent in reported gas market prices as two distinct corridors have emerged
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Source: Wood Mackenzie, CENACE, various public sources
Fuel constraints are beginning to ease as oil generation declines and gas continues
to rise… and more renewables and gas are coming soon
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Source: Wood Mackenzie, CENACE
While gas is structurally on the rise, the rapid addition of solar is already changing
hourly dispatch… but renewables now face an unclear future
Evolution of an average day: Solar displaces gas generation
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Source: Wood Mackenzie, CENACE
Likewise, US gas and new solar generation have quickly changed locational
congestion with the first ‘duck curve’ emerging near Hermosillo
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Source: Wood Mackenzie, CENACE
But is Mexico facing an inevitable ‘location challenge’ as new renewable
development is targeting the best locations already facing congestion?
Active queue requests by location (nearest city submitted in queue request)
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Source: Wood Mackenzie, CAISO
Lessons from the California experience: declining midday prices as the duck grows
and reliability needs shift to a post-sunset ‘net peak’
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Solar discount to around-the-clock priceSolar premium
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Source: Wood Mackenzie
Much like California today, LMPs will follow ‘net load’ profiles and gas will remain
the preferred baseload, firm, and price-setting resource
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Average day per month in 2035 in the SIN at goal of 40% clean: Generation and average LMP
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Key takeaways and Q&A
Lower cost generation – wind, solar, and
CCGTs – along with increasing access to
cheap US gas will begin to weigh on LMPs
Opportunities for renewable development
remain, but political and regulatory
uncertainty hangs over the market
Will a location challenge emerge? Can
transmission development ever hope to
keep pace with generation?
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» Brett Blankenship is a Research Director of Power & Renewables Markets with 15 years of
experience providing consulting, research, and analytical services pertaining to regional market
assessments, power and fuels fundamentals, wholesale price forecasting, and asset valuations
using production cost modelling software.
» His areas of focus have included cross-sector integrated analysis, US environmental policy and
emissions markets, coal-gas competition, and the Mexico gas & power reform. With expertise
spanning across both North and Latin America, he has been an integral team member with regional
expertise of the PJM, MISO, broader North American, and the Mexican power markets.
» He has contributed to various consulting projects including major renewable asset sales, LNG
procurement, pipeline and power asset due diligence studies, and multi-variable scenario analysis.
» With a strong technical background, he has built many production cost, capacity market, and clean
energy credit quantitative models and leverages data engineering and process automation skills to
produce analytically rich insights, analysis, and commentary.
» Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, Brett had worked at Accenture and American Electric Power. He
holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University and is based in Wood
Mackenzie's Houston office.
About Analyst: One person
Brett Blankenship
Research Director
Americas Power
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