Wind power aluminum energy storage in northern Colombia

There are numerous opportunities as well as challenges to generate energy on a commercial scale in Colombia. This work tries to set up a base for harnessing offshore wind energy, considering the integration into the Colombian grid to offshore wind energy and the cost compared with the current system.

The region could generate approximately 15 gigawatts of wind energy, according to Colombia's Mining and Energy Planning Unit, which could power up to an estimated 37.5 million homes annually. It's part of Colombia's just energy transition, aiming to replace fossil fuels with renewables while supporting vulnerable groups like Indigenous peoples.

Offshore wind energy could comprise an important percent of the Colombian power generation capacity in the future and support the electrical expansion in South America. For the next decade, Colombia is expecting that the power demand will increase by approximately 2% per year.

The expected large deployment of wind and solar resources in Colombia can be used to leverage creation of local employment, gender equality and benefits to local communities and Indigenous peoples. This will require strengthened policy frameworks to avoid negative efects on these areas.

Colombia has world-class wind and solar energy potential and recent regulatory updates have enacted a robust framework of incentives. However, as of 2022, solar and wind have an operating installed capacity of just about 1.5% of the capacity mix. The next five years could see a sharp increase in solar and wind capacity.

V. DISCUSSION AND PROSPECTS After getting the financial model in SAM of the offshore wind energy farm in Colombia, the annual output was 1,164,893,312kWh. This value represented the capacity of the turbines array working for the first year. The capacity factor was calculated to be approximately 37%.