Colombia container power generation and communications power supply

How much electricity does Colombia produce?

Colombia’s installed electric power generation capacity currently stands at 17,771 MW, with hydro accounting for 68 percent, gas and coal-fired power plants accounting for 31 percent, and the remaining one percent from wind and solar units. The country’s energy matrix is clean but highly dependent on climatic conditions to generate hydro power.

Is hydropower a viable alternative to storage systems in Colombia?

Since the existing regulatory framework in Colombia is not allowing storage systems or behind-the-meter resources to provide the required flexibility services, hydropower will be the more likely alternative, leading to faster system dynamics and to new inertia requirements.

What is the energy transition in Colombia?

The Colombian energy transition is centered around large and small-scale wind and solar power integration that will increase the requirements of flexibility services, inertia and grid expansion at transmission and distribution levels, but also that will make the generation mix even greener.

Will Colombia build a hydrogen value chain?

With abundant natural gas reserves and the largest coal producer in Latin America, Colombia is focusing on blue hydrogen production as a base from which to start building the hydrogen value chain. In 2022, Colombia published its roadmap for offshore wind development, part of a broader plan to wean the country off hydropower and fossil fuels.

How much hydrogen will Colombia produce in 2021?

In 2021, Colombia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy presented its Hydrogen Roadmap. Its stated goals were to reach between 1 and 3GW of electrolysis capacity in 2030 and produce 50 kilotonnes of blue hydrogen from new methane steam reforming plants and the capture and storage of carbon in existing facilities.

What does a security operations center do in Colombia?

Cyber-security Resilience: The Colombian system operator has set up a security operations center responsible for monitoring, preventing, detecting, analyzing and responding against cyber-security threats in the power system (Figure 5). Figure 5 - Colombian security operations center (source: XM S.A. E.S.P)