Colombia generated 76.98% of its electricity from clean and renewable sources in July, the national grid operator XM Compania de Expertos en Mercados has said.
The figure points to a decline from June when the combined share of large hydro and non-conventional renewables was 80.44%.
July witnessed increased thermal power generation to meet the nation’s electricity demand, XM said.
Colombia’s system generated a total of 6,622.64 GWh of electricity in July. The monthly total corresponded to an average production of 213.63 GWh per day, down by 0.54% month-on-month.
The renewables share of 76.98% translated into 164.44 GWh of clean electricity produced per day on average, marking a 4.82% decline compared to June.
More details about Colombia’s renewable power production in July are presented in the table:
| Source: | Daily average production in July (in GWh/day): | month-on-month change: | Share in July: |
| Bagasse biomass | 2.535 | 27.55% | 1.54% |
| Biogas | 0.030 | 116.96% | 0.02% |
| HPPs with reservoir | 138.050 | -5.67% | 83.95% |
| Wind | 0.768 | 43.30% | 0.47% |
| Run-of-river hydro | 19.894 | -5.98% | 12.10% |
| Solar PV | 3.171 | 15.50% | 1.93% |
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