Colombia. On February 26, 2018, resolution CREG 030 of 2018 of the Ministry of Mines and Energy was issued, which regulates small-scale self-generation and distributed generation activities in the National Interconnected System (SIN).
In theory, the self-generating user of renewable energy who decides to sell their surpluses to the grid will always have a buyer, whose price will be close to the purchase value of the grid operator. However, the development of the necessary electrical infrastructure and the digital platform for the respective procedures is still in process.
In February 2018, the Bogotá Energy Group was awarded the 1,360 MV wind generation project in the municipality of Uribia in La Guajira, and transmission to the Cuesticas substations in La Guajira and La Loma in the municipality of César, for US$174 million in a public hearing.
It is part of the first phase of the wind energy project in La Guajira, framed in the generation and transmission expansion plan [2017-2031] of the Energy Mining Planning Unit (UPME), which seeks to guarantee the reliability of supply and diversify generation sources through non-conventional renewable energy systems. It is the first large-scale project in the country with connection to the National Interconnected System (SIN), which should start operating in November 2022, there are 45 more projects under development by 10 network operators in different areas of the country.
In different countries of the world, regulation has been key to the massification of renewable energies. A clear example is Germany, whose energy transition towards the elimination of nuclear energy. (target for 2022), has been possible thanks to the EEG renewable energy law of 2011, which boosted these energies by protecting investment: guaranteed supply tariffs and connection requirements and decrease in financing rates. Today the production of clean energy: photovoltaic, wind and biomass amounts to 30% of total production. From 2017 the cost of energy will no longer be determined by the government, but by public tender and even bidders from the European Union (EU) are accepted.
Source: Colombian Council of Sustainable Construction. https://www.cccs.org.co/wp/2018/03/16/producir-y-vender-energia-renovable-ya-es-posible-en-colombia/
