The Benito Juárez International Airport (AICM) in Mexico City is one of the busiest airports in Latin America. Mexico City has been host to Air Force One – a Boeing 747-200B – as well as other high-profile worldwide transports. The airport has become the main gateway to the capital country for Contact online >>
The Benito Juárez International Airport (AICM) in Mexico City is one of the busiest airports in Latin America. Mexico City has been host to Air Force One – a Boeing 747-200B – as well as other high-profile worldwide transports. The airport has become the main gateway to the capital country for national and international visitors and a strategic point for conducting business and connectivity around the world. On a typical day, more than 100,000 passengers pass through the airport to and from more than 100 destinations on three continents.
Keeping the power on for visual navigation systems to guide aircraft during landings and takeoffs is paramount. While the airport has sophisticated power protection systems in place, it required an even higher level of protection to assure fail-safe operations. To meet this need, 900kW of VYCON''s VDC clean energy kinetic energy storage units were selected to take over power protection when other equipment failed to quickly bridge power to the airport''s onsite generators.
"We''re pleased to add VYCON''s systems to our power infrastructure, as safety and continuous operation are areas where we cannot comprise," said Tomas Reyes, Director of Engineering at AICM. "VYCON''s patented technology and long track record of reliability gives us the assurance that the added level of redundant power will provide us with fail-safe operations.
"With the frequent power disturbances that the Mexico City Airport has to deal with, VYCON''s systems are the perfect solution to provide power when all other equipment fails," said Victor Mendez Zavala, Sales Director with IGSA Power Systems. "Being in a tropical location, Mexico is subject to not only unpredictable weather, but also high heat conditions. The VYCON systems perform flawlessly and will provide the added level of power continuity that the airport requires. We are pleased that we could offer this proven power solution for the airport''s needs as well as to our other mission-critical customers here in Latin America."
"This contract from AICM is a great testament to the reliability and cost-effectiveness of our clean kinetic energy storage systems," said Frank DeLattre, President of VYCON. "We are honored to be chosen to raise the level of protection of the airport''s critical navigation systems while providing a lower cost of operation. VYCON''s systems are used around the globe to assure power security and availability for mission-critical operations, and we''re proud to add AICM to our distinguished customer portfolio."
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On May 6, 2024, Mexico’s Energy Regulation Commission (CRE) published on the National Commission for Regulatory Improvement (CONAMER) website the preliminary draft of the agreement issuing the General Administrative Provisions for the Integration of Electric Energy Storage Systems into the National Electric System (DACG). Please see our May 2024 GT Alert for more information.
On Sept. 30, 2024, the CRE’s governing body held an extraordinary session and approved the agreement issuing the DACG. The DACG will not take effect until they are published in the Official Gazette of the Federation.
The DACG aim to establish the modalities and general conditions under which the integration of Electric Energy Storage Systems (SAE) into the National Electric System (SEN) will be carried out, in an orderly and economically viable manner.
The DACG have three specific objectives: (i) establish the general conditions applicable to the SAE and define the modalities for SAE’s integration into the SEN; (ii) establish the general requirements to be met by interested parties for SAE’s integration and participation in any of its modalities; and (iii) establish the interconnection/connection procedure to be observed by those interested in integrating the SAE.
The DACG are mandatory throughout Mexico. Generators, exempt generators, suppliers, transporters, distributors, entities responsible for load, and end users will be subject to the provisions as applicable.
The SAE’s integration into the SEN will be carried out in one of the following modalities, in accordance with the general requirements for each of them: (i) SAE-CE; (ii) SAE-CC; (iii) SAE-AA; and (iv) non-associated SAE, excluding the SAE-GE modality, whose integration will comply with Resolution RES7142/2017.[1]
Below is a description of each modality:
The integration of the SAE into intermittent power plants with a valid permit will be considered a technical modification, meaning that for interconnection purposes, the request for the corresponding studies must be submitted to the National Energy Control Center (CENACE), and the permit modification request must be sent to the CRE.
Power plants eligible to receive Clean Energy Certificates (CELs) that are associated with an SAE will not be able to receive additional CELs for the stored electricity. They must demonstrate to the CRE the electricity produced from clean energy, not including stored energy.
Likewise, while the adjustments specified in the transitory section are made, the SAE will be able to offer its products and services under CENACE’s current conditions.
Before implementing the SAE modalities, interconnection and/or connection studies will need to be conducted.
The SAE, in any of its modalities, must be installed considering the same point of interconnection or existing connection.
The interconnection request for the SAE-CE, SAE-AA, and non-associated SAE modalities must be made according to the provisions of the Manual for the Interconnection of Power Plants and Connection of Load Centers (MIC)[2], or the guideline that modifies or replaces the MIC.
For the SAE-CC modalities that participate in the market and non-associated SAE, as well as for the SAE-CE that intends to be loaded from the RNT or the RDG, connection studies must be conducted in accordance with the MIC provisions, or the guideline that modifies or replaces the MIC.
CENACE, based on the interconnection and/or connection studies, as applicable, will determine the specific characteristics of the required infrastructure.
In the case of SAE-GEs, the SAE must follow the requirements set out in the general administrative provisions; the contract models; the methodology for the calculation of consideration; and the general technical specifications applicable to distributed generation power plants and distributed clean generation power plants, issued through Resolution RES7142/2017, or the instrument on exempt generation issued for such purpose; as well as the provisions of the Interconnection Manual for Generation Plants with a Capacity of less than 0.5 mw[3].
An SAE, in its different modalities, may offer the related services established in the current regulation as long as it complies with the market rules. The MEM includes the following services:
The MEM does not include these related services:
This gives companies the opportunity to offer related services in addition to their main business activities.
CENACE must propose adjustments to the market rules that detail the technical requirements, assignment, dispatch, and settlement of the SAE that wish to provide the related services included in the MEM. Until this happens, an SAE’s participation in the short-term energy market will be limited to the delivery or withdrawal of energy, and the delivery of power in the power balance market.
The SAE-CE, SAE-AA, and non-associated SAE modalities will have the regulatory treatment of a power plant. Consequently, the CRE must issue or modify a generation permit for their operation and implementation.[4]
The permittee will be entitled to all rights and obligations established in the generation permits and import and export authorizations, as would any other power plant.
The CRE may request regulated entities to submit information pursuant to Article 12, Section XLVII of the Electricity Industry Law (LIE).[5]
Violations of the DACG will be sanctioned according to the LIE and its regulations, without prejudice to the sanctions derived from other applicable regulatory instruments or criminal or civil liability. The LIE provides for the following penalties: (i) a fine of 2-10% of the gross income received in the preceding year; (ii) a fine of up to $50,000-200,000 minimum wages; (iii) a fine of up to $100 minimum wages per megawatt-hour of consumption in the preceding 12 months; and (iv) a fine of up to three times the amount of electricity consumed as of the date when the infraction was committed; among others.
The DACG include a series of transitory articles detailing several actions to be carried out by the CRE and CENACE, including the following:
As stated above, the DACG aim to integrate SAE into the SEN. To this end, the DACG specify the different modalities under which the integration may be carried out, the general conditions for the integration, the specific conditions applicable to each of the modalities, the connection and interconnection procedures, and the general conditions for obtaining generation permits in various cases. Likewise, the DACG provide for the possibility for SAE to offer related services.
The DACG’s implementation will prevent the administration from refusing to grant permits to variable energy projects and it will allow SAE to offer related services.
However, the DACG are subject to publication in the DOF, as well as to the implementation of the transitory articles.
[1] Resolution RES7142/2017, published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on March 7, 2017, by which the CRE issued the general administrative provisions, the contract models, the methodology for calculating consideration and the general technical specifications, applicable to distributed generation and distributed clean generation power plants.
[2] Manual for the Interconnection of Power Plants and Connection of Load Centers, published in the DOF Feb. 9, 2018.
[3] Manual for the Interconnection of Generation Plants with a Capacity of less than 0.5 mw, published in the DOF Dec. 15, 2016.
[4] The SAE-CC set will be able to receive the energy supply for the SAE and the load center through a supplier or participate in the MEM, so it will not require a generation permit.
[5] Electricity Industry Law, Article 12, XLVII: The CRE is empowered to verify compliance with this Law, its Regulations and other applicable administrative provisions, order and carry out verification visits, require the presentation of information, and summon the members of the electricity industry to appear in order to supervise and monitor, within the scope of its competence, compliance with the applicable legal provisions.
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