Colombian environmental licensing authority ANLA accepted eight non-conventional renewable power initiatives totalling 1,631 MW in 2022, the physique mentioned in its annual sustainability report launched on Wednesday.
This potential capability is distributed between two wind and 6 photo voltaic PV initiatives. Since ANLA was answerable for their licensing and never a regional physique, all initiatives are designed for not less than 100 MW.
4 of the photo voltaic initiatives have been accepted throughout the first 100 days of president Gustavo Petro’s authorities final yr, as ANLA introduced on the time. These are the 300-MW Puerta de Oro, the 200-MW Guayepo, the 200-MW Guayacanes and the100-MW Andromeda improvement.
The 2 different photo voltaic initiatives are the Shangri-La and the Escobal, with the latter anticipated to be a posh of 5 photo voltaic farms, in accordance with ANLA’s report.
The accepted wind initiatives are the 347.2-MW Casa Electrica from the corporate Jemeiwaa Ka’I and the EO200i scheme, which could have between 200 MW and 224 MW, relying on the nominal wind turbine capability.
With these eight in 2022, there are 20 initiatives for non-conventional renewables accepted by ANLA to this point. Their mixed put in capability will quantity to 4,187 MW, a determine that stands excessive above 1,500 MW of renewables that the Colombian authorities hoped to allow in 2018-2022, ANLA added.
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