Santiago-based power company AES Gener SA, through its subsidiary AES Colombia, has signed a 15-year power purchase deal with the Colombian oil company Ecopetrol SA for the energy produced from its 59 MW San Fernando solar photovoltaic project in Castilla La Nueva.
The facility will be equipped with 113,000 bifacial monocrystalline silicon panels built on about 47 hectares of land area.
The project is expected to be operational by 2021.
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March 17, 2020
Grupo ISA awarded 275-km transmission line project
Interconexion Electrica SA ESP (Grupo ISA) has been awarded the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of a 275-km transmission project in a public tender launched by Colombian national mini...
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March 12, 2020
Trina Solar concludes financing for 19.9 MW Bosques de los Llanos 1 solar project in Puerto Gaitán
Trina Solar Energy has finalized the project financing of Bosques de los Llanos 1 Solar Park in Colombia. The financial closure for US$12 million was provided by Financiera de Desarrollo Nacional, and...
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March 02, 2020
AES Gener to invest in 1.6 GW renewable energy projects in Chile and Colombia
Chilean electric energy producer AES Gener has announced the investment of US$1.8 billion in photovoltaic and wind energy projects of 1,600 MW in Chile and Colombia. The company states that with...
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February 20, 2020
Ecopetrol to build 50 MW solar PV project in Castilla La Nueva
Ecopetrol has planned to build a 50 MW photovoltaic (PV) park in Colombia. The 46-hectare facility will be built at Castilla La Nueva, in the central-eastern department of Meta, and will be owned by...
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January 21, 2020
Northland Power finalizes acquisition of 99.2% stake in EBSA
Northland Power Inc. has completed the acquisition of a 99.2% interest in the Colombian regulated utility Empresa de Energía de Boyacá (EBSA) from Fondo de Capital Privado de Infraestruc...
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