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created by paper-based and analog construction processes, such as logistical bottlenecks due to outdated communication between onsite and offsite, traceability of documents and materials, lack of efficient standardization and imprecise logging of dig sites and finds. Digital tools can increase the project’s visibility while minimizing the kind of human error that delays projects and ROI timelines. Locusview’s platform achieves all of this by providing a number of integrated tools for each project. For example, it can generate a digital twin for your project, manage all financial operations and control all transactions, as well as
follow up on all aspects of project management and prepare packages and deliverables for a project’s closing process. Shabot explained that the platform can move seamlessly between mobile and web applications and be a part of a project throughout all phases of development. It is also coupled with hardware components that are designed for use in construction environments. Shabot concluded his presentation by clarifying that these types of platforms will prove invaluable to all major players in the market: “Our digital construction platform provides all the project information to monitor it in real time and have automatic report generation.”
CHALLENGES IN THE ENERGY SECTOR CAN BE OPPORTUNITIES Fermín Pérez Casares, Commercial Manager of ForeFront Power, shared the main challenges and opportunities present within the Mexican energy sector and the importance of having true cooperation between the private sector and the government to boost the development of the country. This, during the panel of Mexico Energy Forum 2021 on Thursday, Mar. 11, titled “Challenges and Opportunities in Small Utility Solar Projects.” Before going into details regarding industry challenges, Pérez explained the differences between generation projects. Distributed generation projects are installed to generate clean electricity for inhouse consumption but
“The future of the sector depends on the actions and decisions we take today. Cooperation between sectors would increase certainty and boost the growth of the sector.” Fermín Pérez Casares
Commercial Manager of ForeFront Power
also to sell it to other off-takers. Isolated supply is the generation or importation of electrical energy to satisfy a company’s own needs, while local generation is the production or importation of electrical energy to satisfy the consumption of one or more end users that belong to the same group. Pérez also highlighted the types of interconnection available depending on the type of generation: net metering can be found in 99.8 percent of the PV projects in Mexico, net billing is energy injected into the grid that is taken as a balance in favor for energyconsuming companies, while total sale is all the energy generated by a PV project sold at market prices. The sector’s main concerns include possible conflicts over some energy policies that are not aligned with international agreements like USMCA, which could lead to reduced investments, compromising the growth and development of the country, and a negative environmental impact, driving Mexico away from international targets. “The changes made to the electricity bill will likely increase energy costs. This will create more demand for on-
