Clean Energy Cost-Savings: A Study of Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission (CFE)

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Introduction4
Net Thermal Efficiency and Net Heat Rate5
Competitiveness of Thermal Power Plants6
Savings to CFE from Clean Energy Purchased at Long-Term Auctions10
Value of Avoided CO2 Emissions14
Value of Avoided SO2 Emissions17
Clean Energy Commitments19
Petacalco Case Study21
Conclusions24
Recommendations24
About the Authors25
Francisco José Barnés de Castro25
Francisco Barnés completed undergraduate studies in Chemical Engineering at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and obtained a Master of Science and a PhD in Chemical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He carried ou...25
He also counts years of professional experience in the public sector including: Technical Secretary of the Mexican Petrochemical Commission (1982-1986); General Director of the Mexican Petroleum Institute (1995-1996); Undersecretary of Energy Policy a...25
Dr. Barnes has been a member of the International Advisory Council of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (USA) and of the Joint Public Advisory Committee of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (USA), as well as of the advisory councils...25
He has been a member of the board of directors of: National Laboratories for Industrial Development (LANFI); Applied Chemistry Research Center (CIQA), Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV), at the Mexican Petroleum Institute (IMP), Elec...25
Dr. Barnes is currently a member of the board of directors of INCO Foundation, ICA Foundation and the National Laboratory for Advanced Informatics (LANIA)s, which he currently chairs. He is also independent counselor for Estrategia Energía Eléctrica C...25
He has been president of the Mexican Institute of Chemical Engineers, of the National College of Chemical Engineers and Chemists and of the Mexican Association for Energy Economics, vice president of the Union of Universities of Latin America and the ...25
Dr. Barnes is the author or co-author of more than 20 papers in scientific journals and more than 50 papers on educational and technical issues; of two books: "Process Engineering” and “Technological Advances in the Refining Industry"; as well as of t...25
Dr. Barnes is currently Managing Partner of CIFRA2 Consulting.25
Francisco Xavier Salazar Diez de Sollano25
About the Institute of the Americas26

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