Speaking at the Naturgas congress in Cartagena on April 15, Energy Minister Edwin Palma used the gas industry forum to address the overlapping electricity system pressures that will define the incoming government's energy inheritance — centering on the Caribbean service crisis, El Niño preparedness, and the structural gas supply constraints that directly condition thermal generation capacity.
Read moreSpeaking at the National Congress on Just Energy Transition and Climate Change Adaptation, Atlántico Governor Eduardo Verano argued that Colombia's energy transition cannot advance on renewable resource potential alone — and that the country's electricity system requires deep structural reform before the Caribbean's wind and solar endowment can be meaningfully monetized.
Read moreThe probability of El Niño conditions developing in Colombia has exceeded 60% in the near term and could reach 90% by September.
Read moreColombia's suspension of electricity exports to Ecuador — in place since January 22, when President Petro halted sales in response to Ecuador's imposition of a 30% "security tariff" on Colombian imports, citing inadequate cooperation on narcotrafficking and illegal mining — has hardened into a firm political condition.
Read moreEnergy Minister Edwin Palma met in Bogotá with Anne McKinney, vice president of the Americas Program at the US Chamber of Commerce and executive vice president of AACCLA, alongside representatives of Drummond Ltd., Baker Hughes, Glenfarne Group, General Motors, Capitol and PepsiCo, in a meeting that reaffirmed the American private sector's appetite for expanded participation in Colombia's energy and competitiveness agenda.
Read moreA study by the Fundación para el Desarrollo del Caribe (Fundesarrollo) and consultancy Barrera Rey – Economic Advisory, commissioned by regional chambers of commerce and industry associations, concludes that the Caribbean electricity crisis cannot be solved by replacing Air-e's management — and proposes dismantling the current single-operator model entirely in favor of three to five territorially specialized companies.
Read moreThe Corporación Autónoma Regional del Atlántico (CRA) is running a pilot project to generate electricity from the current of the Magdalena River using a hydrokinetic turbine – a technology that extracts energy from flowing water without requiring a dam or reservoir, and therefore without significantly altering the river's natural dynamics.
Read morePresident Gustavo Petro used X to attribute the historically high electricity tariffs in Colombia's Caribbean region to decisions taken under the governments of Álvaro Uribe Vélez and Iván Duque Márquez, renewing a long-running political dispute over the collapse of the former regional distributor Electricaribe and its aftermath.
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