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This is a solar park that will be rewarded later this year in a "competitive process".
Ecopetrol reported Friday the start of a solar park in Castilla La Nueva, in Meta, whose construction will begin in the first quarter of 2019. The goal of the project is "to provide a part of the energy that required by the Castilla field, the second largest in the country ", according to the company.
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The park has an area of almost 18 hectares and a capacity that corresponds to the energy consumption of 6,000 homes, between 10 and 15 MW. With the plant, says the oil company, it is expected that it will prevent the emission of about 210,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) in 15 years, as well as the reduction of electricity costs in the field.
The project will be awarded to By a "competitive process" planned for the last quarter of this year "among companies that have experience with projects of similar capacity Once it has been awarded and commercial feasibility has been verified, it is expected that work will take about a year, "added Ecopetrol.
This park is the first of other initiatives that Ecopetrol and its subsidiaries are analyzing in departments such as Norte de Santander, Huila, Meta and Antioquia, "with an estimated production potential of about 140 MW, which corresponds to the consumption of a city like Armenia. . "
The aim of the company is to realize a diversified and clean energy matrix. "The commitment to renewable energy would make the Ecopetrol Group one of the most important generators of solar energy in the country," said Felipe Bayón, president of the company.
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