Colombia is rich in resources and working diligently to adopt renewable energies to help achieve a net zero target for the future. They have established some amazing resources including a registry and access to grants through the IDB to go and de-risk geothermal prospects. I sit down with Monica Gasca Rojas who is an advisor to the minister of energy and mines in Colombia and talk about their strategy for achieving a low carbon future and how Geothermal plays a role.
Colombia has ramped up the amount of renewable energy on the grid significantly over the past few years and is continuing to work diligently to create an environment ripe for developing increasing amounts of renewable energy projects. They have established protocols for Geothermal exploration and development in order to help encourage de-risking and execution of baseload power projects. Monica Gasca Rojas, advisor to the Minister of Energy and Mines in Colombia gives us an overview of their strategy and goals for the next 3-5 years for increasing the renewable energy generation on the grid.
Ministry of Energy and Mines Colombia
https://www.minenergia.gov.co/es/
Monica Gasca Rojas
https://www.linkedin.com/in/monica-gasca-rojas/
Monica's Book recommendation
Creativity Inc
JRG Energy
GRC
https://grc2022.mygeoenergynow.org/
CORE Knowledge
https://www.linkedin.com/company/core-geothermal/
Nick Cestari