State-controlled Colombian oil company Ecopetrol is to build a 10-15 MW solar facility near the company's onshore Castilla oil field in central Colombia to help power its operations there. The tender will be held in the fourth quarter of this year. According to an announcement by Ecopetrol, it has signed a contract with the government for construction and operation of the facility. Ecopetrol wants to build a 140 MW renewable energy portfolio, which would make it one of the biggest solar power generators in the country, according to Ecopetrol President Felipe Bayón. Colombia currently has just one operational solar facility, of 10 MW, with very few more under construction. Colombia recently launched its first renewable energy auction.
State-controlled Colombian oil company Ecopetrol is to build a 10-15 MW solar facility near the company's onshore Castilla oil field in central Colombia to help power its operations there. The tender will be held in the fourth quarter of this year. Ecopetrol said. Ecopetrol wants to build a 140 MW renewable energy portfolio, which would make it one of the biggest solar power generators in the country, according to Ecopetrol President Felipe Bayón. Colombia currently has just one operational solar facility, of 10 MW, with very few more under construction. Colombia recently launched its first renewable energy auction.