Colombia generated 86.12% of its power with clean and renewable energy sources in October, grid operator XM Compania de Expertos en Mercados has said.
The clean share in Colombia's total power production was 86.70% in September.
Clean energy plants, that is non-conventional renewables and large hydropower plants (HPPs) lumped together, generated 183.96 GWh per day on average in October, down by 1.83% month-on-month. Production from plants running on non-renewable sources rose by 3.13% month-on-month to an average of 29.64 GWh/day.
More on Colombia’s renewables in October in the table below:
Technology: |
Daily average production (in GWh/day) |
month-on-month change: |
Share in October: |
Bagasse biomass |
2.24 |
-7.51% |
1.22% |
Biogas |
0.01 |
40.70% |
0.01% |
HPP with reservoir |
156.62 |
-2.95% |
85.14% |
Wind |
0.09 |
-33.71% |
0.05% |
Run-of-river hydro |
24.00 |
6.58% |
13.05% |
Solar PV |
1.01 |
7.58% |
0.55% |
The nation’s demand for electricity rose by 6.42% year-on-year to 6,490.1 GWh in October. When looking at the demand from before the pandemic, the increase is 7.17% compared to October 2019, XM said.
In October 2021, demand by residential and small business consumers rose by 2.99% year-on-year. At the same time, industrial and other consumers in the non-regulated market increased their demand by 13.84% on the year.
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