IDB Invest and South American financial group Bancolombia will provide developer Solarpack with a COP656 billion (US$133 million) loan to support the development of two solar PV projects in Colombia.
Enel Green Power has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with brewing company Bavaria AB InBev that will supply clean electricity to the brewer’s operations in Colombia.
Spanish solar developer Grenergy has issued €52.5 million (US$57.55 million) of green bonds to help the company finance a pipeline of projects, including a 1GW portfolio in Colombia.
German monitoring provider meteocontrol is to provide Colombian energy supplier Celsia with centralised monitoring services for all its PV plants in Colombia and Central America.
Latin America is fast becoming a lucrative solar market as countries ramp up deployment efforts. In this context, Colombia and Panama stand out as key markets to look out for, MPC Energy Solutions' CEO tells PV Tech Premium
Solar tracker manufacturer Soltec has signed contracts to supply 610MW of its SF7 bifacial trackers to Enel Green Power for use in two PV plants in Peru and Colombia.
The government of Colombia has announced plans to hold a renewable energy auction in the first quarter of 2021 that it says could represent an investment of more than US$6 billion in the country.
Bogotá will exceptionally allow privately-run locations to import solar and wind components, in a bid to speed up deployment of green energy tender contract holders of 2019.
