Colombia

Enel Colombia’s total number of solar parks energized so far this year “represent more than 34% of the solar energy produced in the entire interconnected system of Colombia.”

Scientists in Colombia have proposed to develop inverted perovskite solar cells with a hole transport layer based on indium-doped nickel oxide. The result is a champion device achieving an efficiency of 20.06% and showing remarkable stability.

Spanish company Solarpack developed the $100 million photovoltaic plant in the municipality of Montería, located in the department of Córdoba. It’s one of two large-scale solar park projects the company has in Colombia.

Colombia, Brazil, and Chile lead the hydrogen market in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to new data presented by Hinicio and New Energy at the recent 4th Hydrogen Congress for Latin America and the Caribbean (H2LAC 2024).

Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM) has started operating an 83 MW solar project in Caldas, Colombia.

Colombia’s cumulative installed utility-scale PV capacity hit 486 MW at the end of December 2023, on 207 MW of new installations for the full year.

The Colombian authorities have allocated 4.4 GW of solar capacity at a rate of $0.0182/kWh in the nation’s latest energy auction, with solar plants accounting for approximately 99% of the assigned capacity.

Colombia’s new decree includes requirements that energy communities must meet, such as rules on collective self-consumption and collective distributed generation.

PV initiatives should be designed to last, as several well-meaning off-grid solar projects for the developing world have floundered over the years.

The Colombian authorities assigned 7.49 GW of renewable energy projects in the nation’s latest procurement exercise.