PP JuKuzai Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 We appreciate Colombia's support to Ecuador by guaranteeing the sale of energy to Ecuador with the Colombian thermal park. Currently the delivery is six gigawatts-Hora to the day of energy on average to Ecuador. Colombia supports us guaranteeing 10 Gigavatios-Hora a day, ”President Guillermo Lasso announced in Bogotá. The decision to expand the supply, which will be "in the shortest possible time", was taken after the Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, received Lasso in the Casa de Nariño, presidential headquarters. The Ecuadorian president announced yesterday the emergency trip to Bogotá to seek support from Colombia in order to resolve the energy crisis that that country passes, mainly caused by the worst drought in 50 years that is affecting the rivers of the Amazon, where are the main hydroelectric plants of Ecuador. Colombia and Ecuador have an electrical interconnection with a capacity of 400 kilowatts, with which the shipping today of energy is reaching 60% of their capacity, but both presidents promised to reach "the top" so that Ecuador can face the two months of Drought that remain: November and December. At the same time they will install a technical table to "find the mechanism of value and payment of this energy," said Lasso, which could be that Ecuador next year returns the energy when the drought season has passed. Colombia, out of risk «Here we are seeing how integration itself is a form of mitigation of the risks of the climatic crisis. In large part we will meet the deficit demand that Ecuador has today for electricity, ”Petro explaind. Noticias ️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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