Enel Green Power has brought online the El Paso photovoltaic facility located in the Cesar Department in northern Colombia. The solar power plant, with its 86.2 MW of total capacity, accounts for 80% of the country’s total installed solar capacity.
EGP invested around US$70 million in the construction of the facility, that covers an area of approximately 210 hectares, and is composed of around 250,000 solar panels installed on an innovative structure leveraging on cutting-edge solar tracking technology, which allows the panels to follow the sun with the aim to maximise the energy production.
El Paso will be able to produce around 176 GWh each year, meeting the annual energy needs of approximately 102,000 Colombian households, equivalent to about 400,000 people, while avoiding the annual emission of around 100,000 tons of CO2 into the atmosphere.
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March 20, 2019
AES Corp completes purchase of Jemeiwaa Kai (JK) wind portfolio from Colwind SA
AES Gener, a unit of AES Corporation, has completed the purchase of Colombia's Jemeiwaa Kai (JK) wind portfolio from Colwind SA for a total investment of US$15 million. The wind port...
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March 19, 2019
Colombia awards two wind projects to EDP Renováveis
EDP Renováveis has secured two 20-year contracts at an auction organized by the Colombian Government for the construction of wind farms. The contracts refer to the Alpha (212 MW) and Beta (280...
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January 29, 2019
Pre-qualification launched for the sale of Electricaribe
Colombia has opened a pre-qualification process to select a strategic partner to invest in and operate the country's power distribution company Electricaribe. The public service regulator S...
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January 28, 2019
Innova Solar plans to build 74 kWp floating solar PV project in Caribbean islands of Colombia
Innova Capital Partners, through its subsidiary in Colombia, Innova Solar Colombia, will develop and build the first floating solar project in the Caribbean islands, specifically on the island of Prov...
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January 24, 2019
Colombia grants interconnection approval for 240 MW solar PV project
Diverxia Infrastructure has achieved the Connection Concept granted by the Mining and Energy Planning Unit, ensuring the right to evacuate energy to the grid. This allows the company to continue...
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