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Kallpa Generación secures ministerial nod to feasibility studies for 500MW plant, setting the scene for capacity surge in country home to only 345MW last year.

Joint venture formed to deploy renewable portfolio of 900MW, featuring four solar plants and two onshore wind projects backed through post-auction 15-year PPAs.

President Duque and Minister Suárez attend opening of Enel’s 86.2MW El Paso farm, the first PV project to secure contracts through reliability auction programme.

Asia becomes major driver of 94GW PV addition worldwide, with other frontrunners including the US, Australia, Germany, Brazil, Egypt and Mexico.

Power market regulator ANEEL confirms compensation rules due for publication in H2 2019 will only affect new connections.

Country to consult until 3 April on draft rules designed to offset O&M costs of individual installations across poorer, isolated areas.

Association hails plummeting solar costs ahead of next tender this June, with new figures showing industry has hit 2GW capacity mark.

Grid expansion push is first of nine projects set to help country accommodate renewable surge all the way to 2025.

Subsidiaries of Italian power giant Enel have started building Colombia’s largest solar project and completed a 238MW plant in Mexico.

Major module firm Trina Solar and Japanese conglomerate Mitsui have won 104MW of capacity in Mexico’s third auction round.