Colombia's electricity demand rose 5.67% year-on-year in March 2026, reaching 7,461.77 GWh against 7,051.48 GWh in March 2025, according to market operator XM. For the full first quarter, demand also expanded, climbing from 20,305.1 GWh in Q1 2025 to 21,210.9 GWh in Q1 2026.
Read moreWith El Niño expected in Colombia's second half of 2026, the Caribbean region has become the country's principal hope for securing energy supply – representing 54% of national renewable generation projects and contributing more than 50% of the 4,441 MW of solar capacity assigned under the reliability charge mechanism for 2027–2028.
Read moreColombia's energy regulator CREG published draft Resolution 701 122 of 2026 for public comment on April 10, proposing a significant upgrade to the Sistema Centralizado de Información de Convocatorias Públicas (SICEP), the platform through which approximately half of all energy purchased in Colombia is contracted via public tender.
Read moreColombia's electric vehicle market grew 171.3% in the first quarter of 2026, with more than 9,000 new registrations between January and March, according to figures from the ANDI and Fenalco. Against that backdrop, the energy regulator CREG convened a multi-ministry coordination roundtable to begin developing a coherent regulatory and technical roadmap for electric mobility's integration into the national energy system.
Read moreAlongside its gas infrastructure ambitions, Drummond Energy is pursuing a significant renewable energy footprint in Colombia, with solar generation at the center of its carbon-neutrality strategy – though transmission congestion constrains the pace of expansion.
Read moreColombia's Minister of Mines and Energy, Edwin Palma, used a keynote appearance at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit in New York on April 21 to frame the reactivation of energy integration with Venezuela as a cornerstone of Colombia's regional clean energy strategy, arguing that the current geopolitical moment offers a historic opening for cross-border electricity interconnection across Latin America.
Read moreCristian Taborda, CEO of CTR Bienes Raíces, is integrating rooftop solar installations into the company's residential and commercial property portfolio as a core value proposition, aiming to reduce energy bills for buyers to near zero and position the company as a renewable energy player alongside its traditional real estate business.
Read moreColombia's Superintendency of Public Services (Superservicios) used the National Congress on Energy Transition, held at Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla, to deliver one of its sharpest assessments yet of the Caribbean region's chronic electricity crisis – arguing that the problem is structural and cannot be solved by changing operators or launching yet another financial rescue plan. We provide a long commentary on his statements.
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Colombia's national interconnected system reservoirs recovered to an average useful volume of 62.8% as of mid-April, driven by rainfall over the preceding days, according to the latest report from the Superintendency of Public Services (Superservicios).
Read moreMinister of Mines and Energy Edwin Palma used the 9th SER Colombia Renewables Fair in Barranquilla on April 23 to present a ten-measure package he said has already produced a 2,000% increase in the incorporation of clean energy into Colombia's electricity system — a headline figure the ministry did not break down against a specific baseline in the press release.
Read moreSanta Marta hosted the First International Conference for the Transition Beyond Fossil Fuels from April 24–29, 2026, co-organized by Colombia and the Netherlands as a high-level platform for governments, academics, civil society, and industry representatives to map concrete pathways away from oil, gas, and coal.
Read moreMSCI ESG Ratings has upgraded Ecopetrol's sustainability rating from BBB to A, the company announced on April 14, 2026 — a meaningful step up in one of the international benchmarks most closely watched by institutional investors when assessing ESG risk and corporate governance quality.
Read moreEcopetrol has commissioned two solar projects that together illustrate the company's dual approach to energy transition: large-scale self-generation for oilfield operations and community-scale electrification in underserved areas.
Read moreColombia is heading into a potential El Niño episode with a structural shortfall in firm energy capacity that leaves the system dangerously exposed to a prolonged drought, according to Natalia Gutiérrez, president of the electricity generators industry association Acolgen and of the National Business Council.
Read moreCREG expert commissioner Fanny Guerrero used her address at the first National Congress on Just Energy Transition and Climate Change Adaptation — organized by Air-e and Universidad del Norte — to argue that the Caribbean region's energy endowment positions it to become a motor of economic and social development, provided the right regulatory and infrastructure conditions are put in place.
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