Colombia’s clean power share rises to 87.7% in Aug 2022 – EQ Mag Pro
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Clean and renewable sources were behind 87.68% of Colombia’s power production in August, national grid operator XM Compania de Expertos en Mercados said.
In July, electricity production from Colombia’s large hydro power plants (HPPs) and non-conventional renewables added up to a 85.89% share.
According to XM, hydro inflows in August were higher than the historical average for the seventh month in a row, which benefited Colombia’s HPP reservoirs.
Clean power plants generated 186.99 GWh of electricity per day on average in August, up by 2.84% month-on-month. Power production from non-renewable sources dropped by 12.08% month-on-month to 26.27 GWh/day on average.
Colombia’s electricity system as a whole generated 6,611.12 GWh during August. This translated into an average of 213.26 GWh/day, up by 0.73% compared to July.
Details on clean power production in August are presented in the table below:
| Technology: | Daily average in August (in GWh/day) | month-on-month change: | Share in August: |
| Bagasse biomass | 2.25 | 7.35% | 1.20% |
| Biogas | 0.02 | 161.78% | 0.01% |
| HPPs with reservoir | 160.45 | 4.70% | 85.81% |
| Wind | 0.29 | 4.83% | 0.15% |
| Run-of-river hydro | 22.47 | -9.76% | 12.02% |
| Solar PV | 1.51 | 16.59% | 0.81% |
Source: renewablesnow
