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Mexico's state-owned utility Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) said the massive blackout that occurred on December 28, 2020, was due to
fires and renewable energy.
The outage left 10.
3 million consumers without power for nearly 2 hours
.
At a press conference on Tuesday, the CFE, led by Director General Manuel Bartlett, said the outage itself was caused
by a fire in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas.
With the help of strong winds, flames burn bushes and steppes, sending smoke, hot air and ash "to" overhead lines
.
As a result, two 400 kV lines connecting Tamaulipas and Nuevo León were out of service
within a minute.
Mexico's grid and electricity market operator CENACE also revealed that more than 9,000 megawatts of fossil fuel and renewable energy plants were protected by shutdowns
.
According to the CFE, the event occurred at a time when the system demand was 32,000 MW, which was very low
in the last week of the year.
Meanwhile, the share of wind and solar power generation is 28%, the highest level ever
.
However, when it is necessary to restore the grid, intermittent energy sources such as renewable energy cannot be directly restored, resulting in longer
power recovery times.
Like Tamaulipas, a large number of wind and solar farms are concentrated in one area, and there are not many plans to take into account the resilience
of this grid.
CFE spokesman Luis Bravo Navarro said that while it is normal for a small part of the transmission line to fail due to force majeure, blackouts in Mexico are more common
due to "too much intermittent generation.
"
According to projects approved by the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE), Mexico's intermittent power generation capacity (wind and solar farms) is expected to double in the near future, which will increase the reliability risk of the
entire national system.
Mexico's state-owned utility Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) said the massive blackout that occurred on December 28, 2020, was due to
fires and renewable energy.
The outage left 10.
3 million consumers without power for nearly 2 hours
.
At a press conference on Tuesday, the CFE, led by Director General Manuel Bartlett, said the outage itself was caused
by a fire in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas.
With the help of strong winds, flames burn bushes and steppes, sending smoke, hot air and ash "to" overhead lines
.
As a result, two 400 kV lines connecting Tamaulipas and Nuevo León were out of service
within a minute.
Mexico's grid and electricity market operator CENACE also revealed that more than 9,000 megawatts of fossil fuel and renewable energy plants were protected by shutdowns
.
According to the CFE, the event occurred at a time when the system demand was 32,000 MW, which was very low
in the last week of the year.
Meanwhile, the share of wind and solar power generation is 28%, the highest level ever
.
However, when it is necessary to restore the grid, intermittent energy sources such as renewable energy cannot be directly restored, resulting in longer
power recovery times.
Like Tamaulipas, a large number of wind and solar farms are concentrated in one area, and there are not many plans to take into account the resilience
of this grid.
CFE spokesman Luis Bravo Navarro said that while it is normal for a small part of the transmission line to fail due to force majeure, blackouts in Mexico are more common
due to "too much intermittent generation.
"
According to projects approved by the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE), Mexico's intermittent power generation capacity (wind and solar farms) is expected to double in the near future, which will increase the reliability risk of the
entire national system.