Overview

Chinese government donates 3,000 solar panels worth $1.5 million USD to Colombia

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$1,556,981

Commitment Year•2019Country of Activity•ColombiaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•ColombiaSector•EnergyFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jul 31, 2019

Start (actual): Aug 13, 2019

Geospatial footprint

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The panels will be installed in households across the regions of Catatumbo, el Pacifico, and La Guajira. However, once Prosperidad Social conducts a data-based need-study across the regions, it will decide the specific location. More detailed locational information can be found at: Catatumbo: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/2887511 El Pacifico: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/11921568 La Guajira: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1321379

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Colombia Departamento para la Prosperidad Social

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Colombian Presidential Agency of International Cooperation (APC-Colombia)

Loan description

Chinese government donates 3,000 solar panels worth $1.5 million USD to Colombia

Narrative

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Project narrative

On July 31, 2019, during Colombia President Duque’s state visit to Beijing, María Fernandez Suárez, Colombia’s Minister of Mines and Energy, officially recognized the Chinese Government’s donation of 3,000 solar PV (photovoltaic) panels. The solar panels, each 20 watts with a lithium battery of 11.1V/12 AH, are worth a total of $1.5 million USD , and they are meant to benefit 1,500 households within the regions of Catatumbo, el Pacifico, and La Guajira. On August 13, 2019, The Colombian Department of Prosperidad Social (Social Prosperity) implemented the donation through the APC’s cooperation (Colombian Presidential Agency of International Cooperation) and decided on the specific delivery locations for the solar panels. According to the Director Correa of Prosperidad Social, the project aims to aid households in need through alternative solutions–specifically using alternative solar lighting. It is estimated that the panels will arrive in Colombia at the end of 2019 and will then be installed in 2020.