The Ministry of Mines and Energy released this Wednesday, March 23, the highlights of the report on Enabling Financing and Investment in Bioenergy in Colombia of the Program for Mobilizing Investment and Financing of Clean Energy (CEFIM) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (CEFIM) ( OECD), which he said “represents a valuable technical tool for further progress in the country's energy transition”.
He also indicated that the study highlighted Colombia's potential for the development of alternative energy sources that not only take advantage of the aforementioned developments, but also explore other materials within the circular economy and alternatives to organic waste.
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The official also added that the Government seeks to work on the basis of the report's recommendations to, in conjunction with the financial system, “leverage resources that allow us to enhance the inclusion of new technologies and business models for the deployment of bioenergy in Colombia.”
Today, government administration develops strategies that drive energy transition and sustainable mobility. This is how several initiatives have been carried out since 2018, such as the publication of the 2018 Green Growth Policy, the 2019 National Circular Economy Strategy and the Energy Transition Law in 2021.
In recent days in the Colombian Caribbean, the first two hydrogen generation pilots began in the country. They were built at the Cartagena Refinery (Reficar) and will allow testing of the potential use of water in processes and the stability in the production of this technology.
“Today Ecopetrol has just installed this first electrolyzer and as of this date, the first vehicle to be charged with green hydrogen in our country is already transiting into the country, and it is the Toyota Mirai that has a charging station and which allows us to dream about what is the Energy Transition towards cleaner mobility. Today we are regional leaders in Energy Transition, but by 2030 we will be the largest exporter of green hydrogen in all of Latin America and the Caribbean,” said the President of the Republic, Iván Duque during the opening.
A pilot, which will run over the next three months, uses industrial waters from the refinery to produce 20 kg of high-purity green hydrogen daily (99,999%). On the other hand, the pilot project of Promigas will be developed, located in the company's Heroic Station, which allows the production of green hydrogen by electrolysis.
This means that renewable electrical energy will be used in an electrolyzer to separate hydrogen and oxygen atoms from the water molecule. In turn, the electrical energy for its operation will be taken from the solar panels installed in the same station.
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