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Solar Energy in Colombia.

A. Alberth, Eighth semester, alberthavme@unisabana.edu.co

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Index Terms— Solar Energy, Remote locates, energy lack of energy, these services have shortcomings and are
consumption, incompletely provided.

III. CONCLUSION.
I. INTRODUCTION In general terms, the implementation of solar energy in the
According to the discussion carried out during the session of Solar Colombian country is a matter of utmost importance today due to the
Energy, photothermic, photovoltaic, it can be inferred that the energy required demand and the efficiency and facilities provided by this
contained in the Sun is so abundant that it is considered energy system. Colombia must begin to implement more projects that
inexhaustible. The Sun has been emitting solar radiation for 5 million involve the use of solar energy since these systems with solar panels
years and calculating that it has not yet reached 50% of its existence. contribute to the improvement of energy service and the reduction of
Solar energy, in addition to being inexhaustible, is abundant: the the carbon footprint in the country. It allows electricity to be taken to
amount of energy that the Sun pours daily on Earth is ten thousand remote and hard-to-reach areas where there is no electrical network
times greater than that consumed daily throughout the planet. The without having considerable environmental impacts at the installation
received radiation is distributed in a uniform way over the entire sites. It improves the quality of life of different inhabitants of the
earth's surface, which makes it difficult to use. Solar energy, in Colombian territory, in addition to contributing to the environment by
addition to be a renewable energy source, is clean energy and is an encouraging the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions that are
alternative to other types of non-renewable energy such as fossil reflected after the use of conventional energy and fossil fuels.
energy [1]. Solar energy is taking on a lot of relevance worldwide,
even companies that oversee the exploitation of conventional fuels,
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II. DISCUSSION
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Thanks to the tax benefits provided by Law 1715 of 2014 and the
need to generate a policy focused on caring for the environment in [5]
the public and private sectors, there is high potential as a business
opportunity to install and implement solar self-generation plants in
the industrial sector, however, the country still does not point to a
substantial migration towards this energy source. Colombia is a
country that must still supply the energy needs of some parts of the
territory, which in the 21st century is still disconnected from a
sustainable energy network. In this order of ideas, it is possible to
propose that in order to solve this problem that afflicts some families
in the territory of Colombia, especially low-income families who are
in rural areas, the government focuses on implementing projects that
take advantage of the irradiation potential of each of the sectors, since
the geographical position of Colombia, close to Ecuador, benefits the
capture of solar energy, in order to provide an efficient, sustainable
and viable service for these families. UPME and the Ministry of
Mines and Energy estimate that by 2030 about 10% of energy
consumption in Colombia will come from photovoltaic or solar
projects. [5]
Under my concept, I consider that these projects should have as their
main objective the coverage of non-interconnected areas, which
would allow improving the quality of life of these people. With the
implementation of these projects, the improvement of health and
education services in remote localities is encouraged, where due to
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