The Institute for Planning and Promotion of Energy Solutions (Ipse) reported that they had prioritized the first two locations in which the energy communities will be built in Non-Interconnected Zones.
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Is about Cabo de la Vela – Media Luna, in Uribia, La Guajira, and Terán, in San Andrés de Tumaco, Nariño. This announcement was made within the framework of the Andi’s ‘Colombia Genera’ Congress, which takes place in Cartagena.
In the case of the community that will settle in La Guajira, the Ipse indicated that there are 1,500 families involved in the process. At the moment there is a diesel plant that generates for 550 families; however, the objective is to implement two installations photovoltaics to complement the generation.
Additionally, a Fish Education Strengthening project will be carried out based on geomembrane tanks for the production of Red Tilapia for the community’s self-consumption.
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The community to be installed in Nariño it already has 80 families that have solutions photovoltaic individual. The institute indicated that it will carry out the conversion of a Centralized Photovoltaic Solar Microgrid with additional storage.
At the same time, Ipse is carrying out a study on the productive capacities of the region to structure a productive project that accompanies this community.
“We want that the improvement in productivity based on energy is not a casual result but an integrated and articulated solution by the National Government, the communities and the private sector. That is what the democratization of energy through the Energy Communities is all about. in non-interconnected areas”, assured the director of Ipse, Javier Campillo.
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