Landfill biogas is being pitched as a modest complement to Colombia's power supply as El Niño tightens the system, and Barranquilla hosts the country's largest plant.
Read moreColombia's weather agency has officially declared El Niño, and the wholesale-market operator says electricity supply could fall short next April unless thermal plants run flat out.
Read moreMines and Energy Minister María Nohemí Arboleda has warned Congress that electricity tariffs will increase, as hydropower can no longer cover all demand and El Niño pushes the system toward expensive gas-fired generation.
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We updated our El Niño monitoring charts for the latest available numbers from XM. Our key indicator, which we call “Reservoir Life” is holding steady.
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Electric and hybrid models made up 50.7% of new vehicles registered in Colombia in September, with 17,156 units.
Read moreCesar has become Colombia's second-largest solar-generating department, behind only Atlántico, as small and large projects multiply across the north of the country.
Read moreColombia's government has set December 31st as the deadline to remove any risk of a blackout and issued its first concrete measure, a decree on thermal plant fuel.
Read moreEl Heraldo's editorial board backs the government's decision to reassign CoP$1.2T to cover Air-e's debts but warns the payout must not shield those who ruined the utility.
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Ten large solar projects, all in operation, anchor Colombia's utility-scale fleet, and Enel and Isagen lead the list.
Read moreA Universidad Nacional study of small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) in Colombia's Coffee Region is in final evaluation for funding from the national royalties system, with a goal of making the initiative a reality by 2035.
Read moreThe first electricity bills with penalties under Colombia's El Niño savings scheme have reached Caribbean households, drawing protests from consumer groups, ombudsmen and lawmakers who say the program ignores the region's heat.
Read moreA total power outage lasting four hours would expose about CoP$460.8B of economic value across Colombia's seven Caribbean departments, according to an estimate by the think tank Fundesarrollo.
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