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Colombia’s Green Energy Ambitions Hinge on Windswept, Wary Province
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1:00Now PlayingColombia's La Guajira region has some of the best wind resources in the world. But to tap into that clean energy potential, the country needs to overcome a past that left little benefit for the Indigenous groups that live there.
Located on South America’s northernmost tip, La Guajira has powerful trade winds that blow year-round across its sun-drenched desert. Their speed is double the global average, meaning the wind here has the potential to meet practically all the power needs of the nation of 52 million.
The area is central to Petro’s goal of reaching 6,000 megawatts of wind and solar capacity by the end of his term in 2026 — enough to meet about one-third of demand. Colombia already has one of the world’s cleanest grids. About two-thirds of its electricity comes from hydropower. But that makes the Andean nation especially vulnerable to the El Niño weather phenomenon. Dry weather is causing reservoir levels to drop and nudging energy prices up. At the same time, the country’s reserves of natural gas are declining. That’s where solar and wind come in.
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