Colombia
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IDB Invest has issued 2 sustainable bonds in local currency to support renewable energy and infrastructure projects in Latin America.
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Colombia power company Celsia is considering selling a duo of wind projects located in the department La Guajira, Colombia.
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Italy’s Enel Green Power has started commercial operations of its La Loma solar project in Colombia.
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Energía de Colombia SAS ESP has requested a loan from IDB Invest for a transmission project the company is refinancing in Colombia.
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Colombian oil and gas company Ecopetrol has raised $1.85 billion in bonds that will be used to mainly refinance existing notes.
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IDB Invest has agreed to provide long-term financing to Air-e to support the company’s distribution services in Colombia.
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Brazilian utility Alupar won a transmission project in an auction launched in August by Colombia's Mines and Energy Planning Unit (UPME).
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Colombian infrastructure company Interconexión Eléctrica SA (ISA) has secured an up to COP$500 million ($124 million) loan.
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Colombian energy company Grupo Energía Bogotá (GEB) has issued a $400 million green bond, the first such bond issued by a Colombian company on the international market.
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EDF Renewables has pulled the plug on the development of a 50MW solar project in Colombia, due to delays in permitting and environmental licenses from local entities.
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Renewable energy company BayWa r.e., through its subsidiary BayWa r.e. Solar Trade, has opened a solar distribution center in Medellín, Colombia.
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Colombian power producer Isagen has landed financing to support the development of the company’s Sabanalarga solar project.
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Colombian power company Isagen has announced a partnership with Atlas Renewable Energy to develop solar projects.
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Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and financial advisory firm LarrainVial have closed a COP900 billion ($200 million) Colombia-focused debt fund.
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Czech renewables developer Solek is entering the renewables market in Colombia with two solar projects.
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Colombian power company Celsia has turned on a 9.9MW solar farm in Valle del Cauca, Buga I, having agreed offtake agreements with agricultural business, Solla, and food processing company, Alianza team.
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Colombian energy distributor Air-e has requested a loan from IDB Invest to support the development of its distribution services.
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Chile’s Verano Energy is growing its portfolio in Colombia with the acquisition of a trio of solar projects totaling 296MWp of installed capacity.
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Spanish renewables firm Ecoener will close a deal to finance its Colombian Sunnorte Solar PV Plant in May.
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French solar developer GreenYellow has started construction on five utility-scale solar projects in Colombia.
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Spain’s Enerfín has landed a loan to finance the construction of the company’s first solar project in Colombia.
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The government of Colombia will tender a 500/230kV transmission substation project, the first such tender in in the country.
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Netherlands-based renewables company MPC Energy Solutions announced the completion of construction and grid connection for its Parque Solar Los Girasoles.
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Mexico-based solar power producer Cox Energy America has secured 45MW worth of solar PV capacity in a grid allocation tender held by Colombia.
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Colombia's Mines and Energy Planning Unit (UPME) has granted permits to connect close to 7.5GW of renewable energy to the national grid.
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Spanish renewables firm Grenergy will develop three PV solar plants in Colombia.
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EDF and environmental services company Refocosta are partnering on the development of a biomass power plant in Colombia.
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State-owned hydro and utility company Urrá’s Aquasol solar complex is close to completion, the firm announced on Friday (13 January 2023).
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Colombia’s state-owned petroleum firm Ecopetrol has selected French-based energy producer Total Eren to build a 100MWp solar farm at its Rubiales oilfield.
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EDF Renewables has won long-term power purchase agreements in a renewable energy auction in Colombia.
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Colombia’s state-owned petroleum firm Ecopetrol announced today that it will invest between COP 5.9 trillion ($1.23bn) and COP 6.8 trillion in energy transition projects in 2023.
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Enel has landed COP$449 billion ($93.7 million) in financing from Bancolombia to support the company’s decarbonization strategy and electrification expansion.
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Colombia’s National Authority of Environmental Licenses (ANLA) has granted the greenlight to four solar projects.
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Spanish renewable developer Solarpack has landed financing for a pair of solar assets the company is planning in Colombia.
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Transmisora Colombiana de Energía (TCE) has secured financing to complete the construction of a transmission project in Colombia.
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Spanish solar developer Cox Energy has received the greenlight to trade within Colombia’s wholesale energy market.
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Colombian power producer ISAGEN has started construction of the Sabanalarga solar project.
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Enel has found an offtaker for the Guayepo solar complex the company is developing in Colombia.
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Irene Vélez Torres has been appointed to lead Colombia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy under the new administration, effective August 11.
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Colombian energy distributor Air-e has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with France's EDF Renewables that will see the two companies co-develop wind projects in the country.
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Colombia is moving forward with its plans to promote offshore wind energy after releasing the country's roadmap earlier this year.
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Milton Fernando Montoya Prado is joining Holland & Knight’s energy and natural resources team in Colombia as of counsel, based in Bogotá.
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The Ministry of Mines and Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Arab Emirates to foster cooperation within the energy sector in both countries.
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Enel Colombia has landed a COP 411 billion ($93.4 million) sustainability-linked financing from Bancolombia.
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Enel Green Power has started construction of the largest solar project in South America, located in Colombia.
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The Ministry of Mines and Energy has selected ten projects that will see the development of green hydrogen in Colombia.
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Chinese renewable developer Trina Solar has started commercial operations of a duo of solar projects in Colombia.
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Grupo Energía Bogotá (GEB) has announced plans to build Colombia’s first hybrid solar-gas plant with support from the government of South Korea.
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Colombia’s Celsia has secured a revolving credit line from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to support the company's ESG goals, including carbon emissions reduction.
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ABO Wind has found an offtaker in energy distributor Air-e for a solar project that the German company is developing in Colombia.
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FENOGE, the fund for non-conventional energies and efficient energy management has received 58 project proposals in its +H2 Colombia tender launched last March in collaboration with the Ministry of Mines and Energy.
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Colombian energy company Celsia is developing 17 projects in the country for an aggregate capacity of 260 MW.
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Colombia’s Ecopetrol is partnering with six foreign companies to develop clean hydrogen to decarbonize the firm’s activities in the country.
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Bancolombia has requested a COP 640 billion ($160 million) loan from IDB invest to support the bank’s sustainable finance portfolio.
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The Colombian oil company Ecopetrol, in cooperation with the Ministry of Energy and Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, has committed $11 million dollars to the energy transition in the country.
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The mayor of Bogotá has announced plans to build Colombia’s first waste-to-energy plant, to be procured as a 30-year concession.
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AES Colombia has secured a more than $93 million sustainable loan to support the development of a solar park located in the Huila department of Colombia.
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BlueFloat Energy has announced plans to develop 5.2 GW of offshore wind projects off the coast of Colombia after the government unveiled its roadmap for project development.
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The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a subsidiary of the World Bank, has committed $10 million to promote renewable energy in Colombia.
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Monómeros, the Colombian agricultural and industrial group, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with public lighting company APBAQ to develop green ammonia in the country.
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Enerland, the Spanish renewable energy developer, is starting the construction of two solar parks in Colombia.
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Spanish renewables developer Solarpack has requested $78 million in financing from IDB Invest for two Colombian solar PV assets.
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Canadian Solar, the Ontario-based solar developer, has secured a $50 million revolving credit facility from Scotiabank to finance its portfolio of solar projects in Latin America.
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Greenwood Energy, the renewable subsidiary of the Libra Group, has unveiled its Terra Initiative, a 144 MW solar project in Colombia.
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Enel Colombia has committed to invest COP3.1 billion ($827,000) in its renewable subsidiary Enel Green Power over the next three years.
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Colombian utility Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM) has launched a public tender for the construction of its 83MW project, its first solar project.
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Mainstream Renewable Power has inked its first power purchase agreement in Colombia.
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Colombian utilities conglomerate Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM) has secured a 50-year extension to its operating concession for three hydroelectric plants in northern Antioquia.
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Energy firm Celsia and local bank Bancolombia have partnered to create a new investment platform to develop solar assets for businesses in Colombia.
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Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) is expected to ink a memorandum of understanding this week to develop the first large-scale offshore wind farm in Latin America.
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