Colombia's renewables share comes at 86.5% in June

Rooftop solar array atop a distribution centre at the Port of Cartagena. Image source: Agencia Nacional de Infraestructura - ANI (www.ani.gov.co)

Colombia produced 86.53% of its electricity from clean and renewable energy sources in June, SIN grid operator XM Compania de Expertos en Mercados has said.

The renewables share remained stable compared to May -- then it was at 86.75% -- as the nation’s total electricity production increased by 3.57% month-on-month to an average of 200.38 GWh per day in June.

The combined production from hydropower plants (HPPs) with reservoirs and the so-called non-conventional renewables totalled 173.40 GWh on average per day, up by 3.31% month-on-month.

Figures for renewables are further broken down in the table below:

Source:	Daily average production (in GWh/day)	month-on-month change:	Share in June:
Bagasse	2.13	238.90%	1.23%
Biogas	0.01	-57.27%	0.01%
HPPs with reservoir	148.45	5.41%	85.61%
Wind	0.20	-11.23%	0.11%
Run-of-river hydro	21.87	-13.99%	12.62%
Solar PV	0.74	4.54%	0.43%