We made possible the solar energy project of a Colsubsidio hotel

Colsubsidio is a company that throughout its more than 60 years of experience has shown that it is committed to the well-being of the country and to keeping up with the most innovative companies in the world. Through different lines of action, including sustainability, it has consolidated several strategies aimed at improving the quality of life of Colombians and protecting the environment. One example of this is the Bioreserva de Piscilago, which in addition to allowing its visitors to have a closer approach to wildlife, facilitated the protection and conservation of more than 1,200 species, several of them endangered.

Colsubsidio's sustainability strategy raised the stakes now by implementing, together with Enel X, an ambitious solar energy system at the El Alcaraván hotel facilities, located in Puerto López, Meta.

This system equipped with 558 panels has an installed capacity of 180 kWp, and can generate 225 MWh/year. With this project, Colsubsidio will cut down its annual CO2 emissions by 83 tons, which is equivalent to planting 5,901 trees.

A hotel that exploits the flatlands full solar potential

According to Carlos Arango, General Director of Colsubsidio, it was their desire to take advantage of the incredible solar radiation of the Colombian plains, added to the fact that this project contributes to the fulfillment of the company's environmental management policy, in addition to tax benefits and the possibility of commercializing the excess energy, which led them to embark upon photovoltaic energy.

Moreover, this solar farm incorporates additional benefits in terms of competitiveness and productivity as it becomes a tourist attraction and a learning opportunity for hotel visitors, not only for regular guests, but for all those who want to know more about solar energy in a safe environment.

Open to new forms of energy

Although this is not exactly Colsubsidio’s the first approach to renewable energies, since at the Peñalisa hotel located in the town of Ricaurte they installed several years ago a solar water heating system, which although has already reached its useful life and is waiting to be upgraded, it has achieved an important record in electric energy savings.

For now, the Alcaraván solar plant works as a pilot plan to validate new implementations in other venues such as the Piscilago park, and the Bosques de Athan hotel in Nilo and Ricaurte.