The minister of Mines and Energy, Irene Vélez, made the announcement from La Guajira.
Ministry of Mines and Energy
The minister of Mines and Energy, Irene Vélez, made the announcement from La Guajira.
This thermoelectric belongs to the Gecelca company and is located in the municipality of Dibulla.
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The Minister of Mines and Energy, Irene Vélez, announced that the central thermoguajira It is the first thermoelectric plant to decide unanimously and move towards 100% decarbonized electricity generation.
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This thermoelectric is from the company Gecelca and is located in the municipality of Dibulla, in the department of La Guajira.
“This is great news for the country but especially for the department of La Guajira since the just energy transition begins to materialize and this territory will be zero carbon,” said Vélez.
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The Termoguajira power plant is the first thermoelectric plant to decide unanimously and move towards 100% decarbonized electricity generation.
Ministry of Mines and Energy
It has a capacity of 290 megawatts (MW) and uses coal as the main fuel for its operation and natural gas as secondary and support for starting up the units.
According to the ministry, thermoguajira It will transition to renewable energy through a scheme that will have solar panels and energy storage systems through batteries.
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In addition, to provide stability to the network, the installation of synchronous capacitors is contemplated, which will allow the network to be strengthened.
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