President Gustavo Petro talked about the relevance of including climate agreements in structures such as the World Economic Forum (WEF).
Read moreISA is evaluating the Latin American electricity integration project proposed by President Gustavo Petro.
Read moreThe Association published a study named "The energy transition in the world and in Colombia: trajectories for its acceleration and linkage with energy security." Here are the details.
Read moreThe Hydrogen Council is expanding its Board of Directors and Ecopetrol is part of the plan.
Read moreThe Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced a donation to Colombia to support the energy transition and combat deforestation.
Read moreZiko Solar talked about its plans in Colombia and the progress of its solar projects during 2022.
Read moreA study by the National University of Colombia and the University of Antioquia, analyzed the country's potential to produce energy from agricultural waste.
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Colombia is, once again, talking about energy prices. Experts explained the reasons for the upward trend in this metric.
Read moreThe Ministry of Agriculture (MinAgricultura) made an urgent appeal to producers and exporters in the Colombian agricultural sector.
Read moreThis is how America’s Cargill corporate social responsibility program is helping fishermen in the village of Gambote (Bolívar).
Read moreRecently I found this report by consultant EY that looks at the current state of the art in renewable energy with a particular emphasis on decentralized: “Can decentralized energy get good enough, fast enough?”, the November 2022 version of an ongoing research project. The title clearly states the key question but EY somewhat dodges the answer although it concludes that an essential tool will be smart grids – a technology to optimize the energy flow in a network with multiple generation sources and, as always, a large number of users.
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The departure of Belizza Ruiz from the Vice-Ministry of Energy (MinEnergia) generated a discussion regarding how long should ministers and vice-ministers stay in office.
Read moreTermotasajero, one of the companies that still operates coal-fired power plants, started a pipeline of projects to double its capacity with renewable energies.
Read moreThis is why small hydropower plants (SHP <20MW) play a key role in the energy transition process.
Read moreVia a press release, GeoPark announced a biodiversity training program in partnership with Colombia’s Biodiversity Information System (SiB Colombia), the CNAB water and biodiversity center of National Entrepreneurs’ Association (ANDI), and the Global Biodiversity Information Infrastructure (GBIF): The Corporate Management for Nature: Training Path to Biodiversity Data Mobility.
Read moreGovernment sources spoke about the possibility of a new energy auction.
Read moreEcopetrol (NYSE: EC) and Total Eren signed an agreement to start up the Rubiales solar field project.
Read morePresident Gustavo Petro asked the ambassadors who will represent Colombia in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Paraguay, to focus on exploring alternatives for Colombia to advance on clean energy policies.
Read moreISA announced a new vice president of Growth and Business Development.
Read moreSolenium reached an export agreement with Brazilian companies developing solar energy projects.
Read moreThe company announced its road map to achieve zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040.
Read moreNational business newspaper, Portafolio, spoke to the director of the National Environmental Licensing Agency (ANLA), Rodrigo Negrete, about his plans for the entity. Here are the details.
Read moreThe Superintendencia de Servicios Públicos Domiciliarios (Superservicios) started an administrative investigation against Enel Colombia S.A. which could result in sanctions.
Read moreJaime Pumarejo, mayor of Barranquilla, wants a law in Congress to lower rates in the coast which he claims are “inequitable and illegal.”
Read moreAlthough Colombia has a system of cross-subsidies these are insufficient to cover the shortfall for low-income families and the government of the day must write checks to the electricity distributors. José Camilo Manzur, president of the distributors’ industry association, Asocodis, estimates this could amount to CoP$2T by the end of 2023.
Read moreIn February Colombian President Gustavo Petro will file his government’s National Development Plan (known as PND for its initials in Spanish). The draft shows the importance of decarbonization.
Read moreCenit, a subsidiary of the Ecopetrol Group, reported the acquisition of the Cantayús small hydroelectric power plant (SHP), located in the municipality of Cisneros (Antioquia, Colombia).
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More power on offer should lower prices from what they might have been, but not all customers will necessarily see the benefit.
Read moreThe Ministry of Mines and Energy (MinEnergia) confirmed upcoming changes in management and coordination positions at the Vice Ministry of Energy. Here are the details.
Read moreColombians perceive they are still paying high energy prices, yet the country’s reservoirs are full, and the extended rainy season keeps them that way. Why?
Read moreOK. That is a bit exaggerated. But 2023 is officially underway and most Colombians are back from vacation. The policy-making machine is restarting, and our first Thursday Thoughts of the new year looks at what we think they will be working on.
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XM, the operator of the National Interconnected System (SIN), announced the average water level of reservoirs behind power dams in Colombia.
Read moreEDP Renovables is developing two mega wind projects in Colombia, but delays in transmission initiatives have been an issue.
Read moreISA inaugurated the Interconexión El Río project. Here are the details.
Read moreMaersk’s President for Central America and the Caribbean, Antonio Domínguez, spoke about the firm’s upcoming investments in strategic markets, such as Colombia.
Read moreGema Sancristán, Business Director of IDB Invest, spoke about the circular economy and energy transition process.
Read moreEPM Group's board of directors approved the budget for 2023. Here are the details.
Read moreNathan Niese, Partner and Associate Director of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), spoke about sustainable mobility in the country.
Read moreColombia will receive resources from the World Bank to accelerate its energy transition process.
Read moreBogota’s Secretary of the Environment highlighted the work of the 234 companies and entities that managed to develop strategies to promote the use of environmentally friendly policies.
Read moreEPM said that only one consortium submitted a bid to complete the second stage of works for the Hidroituango megaproject.
Read moreHolcim S.A. announced that it will use renewable energy to supply its main facilities.
Read moreCenit is moving forward with the process that will certify it as a carbon neutral company.
Read moreColombian authorities and the private sector signed a memorandum of understanding to advance in the sustainable industrialization process.
Read moreHidroituango became an official part of Colombia’s electricity grid after passing its final turbine test.
Read moreMayor Jaime Pumarejo Heins participated in the COP15 Conference of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
Read moreIn June I wrote an article about not leaping to apply “green solutions” arbitrarily to any given situation without thinking through whether the idea made any practical sense. That article dealt with biofuels and mixing hydrogen with natural gas. Now a similar argument has come up, about the practicalities of industrializing H2. Since hydrogen plays a key role in the Colombian government’s and State-owned Enterprise Ecopetrol’s energy transition plans, I thought the ideas were worth discussing.
Read moreAníbal Gaviria, Governor of Antioquia, and EPM's Jorge Andrés Carrillo, spoke about the conclusions of the Departmental Risk Management Committee on the evacuation of Hidroituango.
Read moreThese are the Colombian companies that were highlighted in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index.
Read moreThe Olímpica Group started approaches with different suppliers and installers of solar panels back in 2017, thanks to the opportunities granted through Law 1715 of 2014.
Read moreFedeBiocombustibles explained why biofuels will play an important role in the energy transition process.
Read moreThe Ministry of Mines and Energy (MinEnergia) and Fenoge announced three energy projects for the Colombian Pacific.
Read moreIsagen announced an agreement to sell the Termocentro plant in Santander.
Read moreRepresentatives of Germany and Colombia hosted the first Binational Dialogue on reindustrialization policies based on renewable energies and the development of the green hydrogen sector.
Read moreNG Energy International Corp. announced a strategic agreement with COX Energy to boost renewable energies.
Read moreAfinia presented a plan to the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MinEnergia) to reduce energy prices.
Read moreISAGEN's Camilo Marulanda spoke about the need to have stable rules for the energy transition process.
Read moreInternational scientists made pleas to world leaders regarding environmental protection.
Read moreEnel will leverage projects to bring energy to more than 3,259 rural customers in Cundinamarca. This is how.
Read moreJavier Higuera, Director of regional coordination of the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, spoke about a regional electric integration plan to implement clean energies.
Read moreThe efforts made to lower electric energy tariffs in the country could be erased with the approved tax reform.
Read moreThe CCC Ituango Consortium, formed by Conconcreto, Coninsa and Camargo Correa, spoke about the completion of the mega-project.
Read moreThe company Cercarbono was created after the need for a player to establish a certificate on climate change mitigation.
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The Mining and Energy Planning Unit (UPME) submitted six electricity transmission projects for public consultation.
Read moreColombia was the first Latin American country to join the Climate Finance Leadership Initiative (CFLI), a program led by Michael R. Bloomberg.
Read moreCambio magazine hosted the "Energy Transition Route" forum, which reiterated the relevance of promoting the use of renewable energies in an orderly, responsible, and timely manner.
Read moreI have been unable to produce “Thursday Thoughts” for the past two weeks for personal reasons but I accumulated a number of notes and ideas over that time that, while none would serve as a full article on its own, each has their contribution.
Read moreThe first two units of HidroItuango are part of the generation matrix of the national system, but the country is wondering, what will the next step be.
Read moreThe Eighth version of the Latin American Energy Economics Meeting (ELAEE) took place in Bogota, bringing together regional leaders to discuss and explore energy economics in the context of the energy transition.
Read moreColombian authorities announced a project to implement state-of-the-art technology in Colombia’s power transmission.
Read moreThe 'La Niña' phenomenon and its ravages have several regions of the country on red alert.
Read moreGrupo Energía de Bogotá (GEB) signed an agreement with the municipalities of Riohacha and Maicao, in the department of La Guajira, to develop renewable projects.
Read moreThermoelectric plants affiliated to the National Association of Generating Companies (Andeg) are making progress in sustainability issues.
Read moreEduardo Ospina, co-founder, and CEO of Unergy, spoke about ‘green investments’ as a profitable alternative to traditional energy projects.
Read moreISA’s subsidiary, ISA Cteep, started an energy storage project in Brazil.
Read moreMacroeconomic variables are generating alerts due to their effects on the development of unconventional renewable energy projects. Here are the details.
Read moreEPM's Jorge Andrés Carrillo spoke about the Hidroituango project.
Read moreGrupo Energía Bogotá (GEB) closed a deal to acquire infrastructure in Brazil.
Read moreThe Colombian Government authorized Bancolombia to finance part of ISA's investment plan.
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The National Environmental Licensing Agency (ANLA) spoke about new renewable projects in the country.
Read moreColombia's President, Gustavo Petro, spoke about the cost of the climate crisis for Colombia.
Read moreRamón Fiestas, Director for Latin America Global Wind Energy Council (Gwec), spoke about wind energy.
Read moreThe firm modified two loans with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (Smbc), to Green Line.
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The National Association for Sustainable Mobility (Andemos) published its monthly report on the behavior of the hybrid and electric vehicle market in October, 2022. Here are the details.
Read moreEPM announced that Hidroituango's Unit 2 passed the first test to be able to generate commercial energy in the country.
Read moreThe International Geothermal Association (IGA) invited all stakeholders from the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region to submit their geothermal direct use projects.
Read moreEPM announced that Hidroituango’s Unit 1 passed the first test to be able to generate commercial energy in the country.
Read moreMedellin’s authorities have been discussing the usefulness of eBikes in the city, due to multiple, different issues.
Read moreBloomberg NEF's Global Climatescope Ranking conducted a study on the most attractive developing countries to invest in when it comes to renewable energies.
Read moreThe current Executive Director of Colombia’s Renewable Energy Association (SER Colombia), Germán Corredor, decided to retire from the position.
Read moreEnergias de Portugal (EDP) is in charge of developing Colombia's largest wind projects: Alpha and Beta.
Read moreThe National Planning Department (DNP) announced the development of at least six roadmaps for specific technologies that will benefit the energy transition process.
Read moreThe government appointed a new director for the Mining and Energy Planning Unit (UPME). Here are the details.
Read moreIDB Invest noted that green hydrogen can revolutionize the energy and transportation industries in Latin America, but highlighted challenges that are currently holding the region back from becoming a benchmark on the mater.
Read moreThe Kingdom of the Netherlands sees Colombia's energy transition as an opportunity for investment and exchange of experiences.
Read moreThe firm announced the construction of two solar power plants in the country, financed by Bancolombia and IDB Invest.
Read moreThis is why inhabitants of the municipalities of Ituango and Toledo are preventing EPM’s personnel from accessing the Hidroituango power plant.
Read moreThe Boston Consulting Group (BCG) released data from its 2022 Carbon Emissions Survey.
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