La Unidad de Planeación Minero Energética - UPME pone a disposición del público en general los estudios realizados en el marco de la cooperación técnica ATN-KK-14254-CO (CO-T1337) con el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo - BID, el Ministerio de Minas y Energía y el Minister Contact online >>
La Unidad de Planeación Minero Energética - UPME pone a disposición del público en general los estudios realizados en el marco de la cooperación técnica ATN-KK-14254-CO (CO-T1337) con el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo - BID, el Ministerio de Minas y Energía y el Ministerio de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones, sobre el mapa de ruta para la implementación de redes inteligentes en Colombia, realizados con el aporte de fondos provenientes del Fondo Coreano para Tecnología e Innovación.
Parte 1: Documento con la visión general del estudio, con un resumen de los análisis, resultados, conclusiones y recomendaciones.
Parte 2: Documento con los análisis y resultados para definir el mapa de ruta de la implementación de redes inteligentes en Colombia.
Parte 3: Documentos con los análisis de política y regulación de los sectores eléctrico (parte 3A) y de TIC´s (parte 3B), para la implementación de redes inteligentes en Colombia.
Parte 4: Documentos con los anexos de todo el estudio.
Colombia energy transformation; Energy efficiency; Smart grids; Sustainable development goals; Turkey energy transformation
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This paper focuses on providing a functional analysis of smart grids, with the purpose of establishing a framework to identify the main characteristics of the current electric interconnection system in Colombia. It also names the positive incentives proposed by the Colombian government to support both research and development projects that implement non-conventional energy sources and promoting energy management based on efficiency.
An architecture model that describes the components interoperability of a smart grid is presented using a descriptive methodology.
The results include a list of the objectives established by the Colombian public and private entities related to energy development, specially focusing on the opportunities to provide some kind of artificial intelligence to the current electrical system.
It is necessary for the Colombian energy system to supply the energy demand considering electrical safety, social equity, and the minimum environmental impact. These restrictions impose new challenges for the energy system itself: From a technical point of view, the traditional electrical grid must be outfitted with the characteristics of a smart grid, and from a legal perspective, it is essential to generate a clear regulatory framework that promotes the development of this type of technology.
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Smart Wires and EPM today announced the successful completion of a large-scale project that uses digital power flow control – SmartValve™ – to enable the connection of over 400 megawatts of distributed renewable generation. This supports demand growth in Medellín and the surrounding Antioquia region, and helps to reduce electricity tariffs for consumers.
As in many countries, Colombia also faces difficulties in the construction of critical transmission infrastructure, slowing economic growth, increasing electricity consumption bills, and generating the risk of possible electricity supply interruptions in the coming years. This is happening in parallel with Colombia’s plans to substantially increase its renewable generation connections.
“We are committed to providing reliable access to clean electricity to consumers at an efficient cost, and to playing our part in the energy transition,” said Andrés Moreno Múnera, Vice President Transmission and Distribution of Energy at EPM. “Technologies like this help us solve grid congestion and maximize the use of our existing grid, reducing, in some cases, the need for new infrastructure,” he added.
Building on the successful SmartValve pilot project in 2021, which was the first installation of this technology in Latin America and paved the way for its use across the region, this project involves using SmartValves on three transmission lines in the Aburrá Valley metropolitan area to solve grid congestion, both in normal operation and in contingency scenarios (N-1). It unlocks grid capacity for over 400 megawatts of distributed hydro and solar generation to connect, and supports the expected growth in electricity demand.
“We are proud to work closely with EPM on this project, which offers a cost-effective solution to grid congestion that can be easily expanded as system needs change over time,” said Joaquín Peirano, General Manager, Americas at Smart Wires. “Colombia is a leader in the use of grid optimization technologies such as SmartValve to improve access to clean, affordable and reliable electricity, which is one of the many reasons we established our Latin American base in Medellín,” he added.
SmartValve works by pushing power off overloaded lines or pulling power onto underutilized lines, and also provides dynamic services such as improving transient stability and voltage stability. Unlike other alternative network planning solutions, this capacity is unlocked quicker and without disruption to local communities or the environment as SmartValves can be deployed within the existing substation or along existing transmission corridors.
SmartValve – a distributed FACTS technology – has been in use in Colombia since 2021 with multiple projects providing hundreds of megawatts (MW) of grid capacity and keeping the cost of electricity tariffs affordable for consumers. There are many more projects planned for the coming years as part of Colombia’s 2020-2034 Transmission Expansion Plan, published by the Unidad de Planeación Minero-Energética (UPME).
EPM Group is a multi-Latin group with presence in six countries: Colombia, Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico and Panama. The Organization, which serves more than 20 million people, provides water supply services, wastewater management, generation, distribution, commercialization and transmission of energy, natural gas commercialization, seawater purification and solid waste management.
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