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Policy
Panama
2024
Certification roadmap for Latin America
Funded by Chile and the European through the "ADELANTE 2" program. Countries involved: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Panama. Scope: Renewable hydrogen and derivatives. To be completed by the end of 2025
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Policy
Colombia
2023
Resolution 1006 of 30 November 2023
By way of Resolution 1006 of 2023, the National Mining Agency (ANM) declared the following groups of minerals (and their associated minerals, derivatives or concentrates) as being of strategic interest for Colombia:Copper (Cu) Nickel (Ni) Zinc (Zn) Platinum Group Metals [Platinum (Pt), Palladium (Pd), Ruthenium (Ru), Rhodium (Rh), Osmium (Os) and Iridium (Ir)] Iron (Fe) Manganese (Mn) Metallurgical coalPhosphates [phosphorite or phosphate rock (P2O5 > 20%) and phosphate rock (P2O5 < 20%)] Magnesium (Mg) minerals Bauxite and other Aluminum mineralsGold (Au) Emeralds Construction materials, limited only to sands, gravels and clays.Siliceous sands, Silicon (Si) Limestone Gypsum ChromiumAs per the resolution, the list…
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Policy
Colombia
2002
NTC 5104:2002 Energy efficiency ratings and labelling for unitary air conditioners
This standard establishes energy efficiency ranges that allow the classification of unitary type air conditioners, according to energy performance. Also specifies the content of the energy efficiency label for electric air conditioners. Labelling of Air Conditioners became compulsory in Colombia starting from 2016.
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Policy
Colombia
2021
Ten milestones in 2021 - Massification of renewables
During the presentation of the ten milestones of the mining-energy sector in 2021, the Minister of Mines and Energy assured that 2021 will be the year to encourage the sustainable reactivation of Colombia, which will promote equity, development and new opportunities for the country and its regions, in three strategic axes: 1) Energy Transition, 2) Energy security and 3) Mining diversification and formalization. Among these objectives, one is the massification of unconventional renewable energy sources (energy transition): - incorporate solar and wind energy to reach 37 new connected projects, which represents 530 MW of additional installed capacity;- of those…
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Policy
Colombia
2021
Ten milestones in 2021 - Energy access enhancement
…the year to encourage the sustainable reactivation of Colombia, which will promote equity, development and new opportunities for the country and its regions, in three strategic axes: 1) Energy Transition, 2) Energy security and 3) Mining diversification and formalization. Among these objectives one is to increase access to the electric power service. At the end of 2020, 44,560 families had access to electricity service for the first time thanks to the installation of solar panels and the connection of new users to the Interconnected System National. enhancing electric power services. In 2021, Colombia will connect 27,813 additional households…
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Policy
Colombia
2020
Guidelines for offshore hydrocarbon production
In 2019, after 5 years of immobility, the hydrocarbon production sector was reactivated with the award of 26 blocks in the Permanent Area Allocation Process and the conversion of 5 off-shore contracts to EP. The Colombian authorities have issued their authorization to ensure the application of international standards for the production of hydrocarbons in Colombia. It targets new requirements for the drilling, exploration and exploitation phases. More than 1.69 billion USD investments were secured for offshore exploration.
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Policy
Colombia
2021
Ten milestones in 2021 - Increasing natural gas users
During the presentation of the ten milestones of the mining-energy sector in 2021, the Minister of Mines and Energy assured that 2021 will be the year to encourage the sustainable reactivation of Colombia, which will promote equity, development and new opportunities for the country and its regions, in three strategic axes: 1) Energy Transition, 2) Energy security and 3) Mining diversification and formalization. One of the objective is to increase the number of natural gas users. In 2021, 250,000 families will be able to access this service, and another 25,000 will stop cooking with firewood. This is…
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Policy
Colombia
2021
Ten milestones in 2021 - Hydrogen roadmap & Geothermal projects
During the presentation of the ten milestones of the mining-energy sector in 2021, the Minister of Mines and Energy assured that 2021 will be the year to encourage the sustainable reactivation of Colombia, which will promote equity, development and new opportunities for the country and its regions, in three strategic axes: 1) Energy Transition, 2) Energy security and 3) Mining diversification and formalization.
Among these objectives, one is to develop a hydrogen roadmap & the implementation of geothermal energy:
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Policy
Colombia
2021
Ten milestones in 2021 - Roadmap of the Energy Transformation Mission
During the presentation of the ten milestones of the mining-energy sector in 2021, the Minister of Mines and Energy assured that 2021 will be the year to encourage the sustainable reactivation of Colombia, which will promote equity, development and new opportunities for the country and its regions, in three strategic axes: 1) Energy Transition, 2) Energy security and 3) Mining diversification and formalization.
Among these objectives, one is to develop a roadmap of the Energy Transformation Mission. The roadmap was published in March 2021, and contains five key axes:
- Competition, participation, and structure of the electricity market,
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Policy
Colombia
2021
Ten milestones in 2021 - Electric mobility
During the presentation of the ten milestones of the mining-energy sector in 2021, the Minister of Mines and Energy assured that 2021 will be the year to encourage the sustainable reactivation of Colombia, which will promote equity, development and new opportunities for the country and its regions, in three strategic axes: 1) Energy Transition, 2) Energy security and 3) Mining diversification and formalization.
One of the objective is to promote electric and sustainable mobility through:
- Incentives for each municipality to have public charging electric stations;
- The standardization and firm market conditions for electric chargers.