Colombia produces nearly 90% of its power from clean sources in Nov

Dec 26, 2022 03:06 PM ET
  • Colombia produced 89.26% of its electrical power from clean as well as sustainable sources in November, national grid operator XM Compania de Expertos en Mercados stated.
Colombia produces nearly 90% of its power from clean sources in Nov
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Renewables, which in Colombia additionally consists of large-size hydropower plants (HPPs) with reservoirs, produced 191.295 GWh per day usually in November, down by just 0.29% month-on-month.

In October, the clean power share got to 89.67%.

As XM kept in mind, Colombia has been appreciating more than average hydro inflows for ten successive months, which allowed it to keep its tanks 87.1% complete generally.

All nuclear power plant in the national grid combined produced 6,429.6 GWh, or 213.96 GWh daily on average, which stood for a boost of 0.17% contrasted to daily standards in October.

More information on Colombia's clean power manufacturing in November follow in the table below:

Technology: Daily average in November (GWh/day) Month-on-month change: Share in November:
Bagasse biomass 1.612 -25.01% 0.85%
Biogas 0.014 0.13% 0.01%
HPPs with reservoirs 164.404 0.67% 85.94%
Wind 0.223 40.76% 0.12%
Run-of-river hydro 23.421 -4.48% 12.24%
Solar PV 1.613 -4.81% 0.84%

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