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With seventy percent of Colombia's power generation, hydroelectric power is a very important national energy source. The total large hydropower potential for Colombia is estimated at 93GW, with an additional 25GW of small hydropower (<20MW). However, the potential for large hydropower faces difficulties, as the best sites have already been developed, also due to the escalating environmental and social costs associated with large dams, and the likely impacts of climate change and climate variability on the hydrological regime of the country (drastic increases in surface temperature in the Andes, changes in precipitation patterns, and increases in the intensity and frequency of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) signals driving prolonged periods of drought).^[1]

Proposed hydroelectric power plants

The large hydropower plants to be built in Colombia up to 2010 are listed below:^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ESMAP, 2007. Review of Policy Framework for Increased Reliance on Renewable Energy in Colombia. In press

[ESMAP-1] ESMAP, 2007. Review of Policy Framework for Increased Reliance on Renewable Energy in Colombia. In press

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+With seventy percent of '''[[Colombia]]'s''' power generation, '''[[hydroelectric power]]''' is a very important national energy source. The total large [[hydropower]] potential for Colombia is estimated at 93GW, with an additional 25GW of small hydropower (<20MW). However, the potential for large hydropower faces difficulties, as the best sites have already been developed, also due to the escalating environmental and social costs associated with large dams, and the likely impacts of climate change and climate variability on the hydrological regime of the country (drastic increases in surface temperature in the Andes, changes in precipitation patterns, and increases in the intensity and frequency of [[El Niño]]-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) signals driving prolonged periods of drought).<ref name="ESMAP">ESMAP, 2007. ''Review of Policy Framework for Increased Reliance on Renewable Energy in Colombia. '' In press</ref>
+==Proposed hydroelectric power plants==
-With seventy percent of '''[[Colombia]]'s''' power generation, '''[[hydroelectric power]]''' is a very important national energy source. The total large hydropower potential for Colombia is estimated at 93GW, with an additional 25GW of small hydropower (<20MW). However, the potential for large hydropower faces difficulties, as the best sites have already been developed, also due to the escalating environmental and social costs associated with large dams, and the likely impacts of climate change and climate variability on the hydrological regime of the country (drastic increases in surface temperature in the Andes, changes in precipitation patterns, and increases in the intensity and frequency of [[El Niño]]-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) signals driving prolonged periods of drought).<ref name="ESMAP">ESMAP, 2007. ''Review of Policy Framework for Increased Reliance on Renewable Energy in Colombia. '' In press</ref>
+The large hydropower plants to be built in Colombia up to 2010 are listed below:<ref name="ESMAP"/>
+* [[Calderas Dam]]: 26MW
-==Proposed hydroectric power plants==
-The large hydropower plants to be built in Colombia up to 2010 are listed below<ref name="ESMAP">ESMAP 2007</ref>:
-* [[Calderas]]: 26MW
 * [[Transvase Guarinó]]
 * [[Amoyá river]]: 80MW
 * [[Manso river]]: 27 MW
-* [[Porce III Dam]]: 660MW
 * [[Quimbo Dam]]: 400 MW
 ==See also==
+{{Portal|Colombia|Energy}}
 *[[Electricity sector in Colombia]]
+*[[List of power stations in Colombia]]
+*[[Renewable energy in Colombia]]
+*[[List of renewable energy topics by country|Renewable energy by country]]
 ==References==
-{{Reflist}}
+{{Reflist}}{{Renewable energy by country}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Hydroelectric Power In Colombia}}
-[[Category:Electric power in Colombia]]
+[[Category:Hydroelectricity in Colombia| ]]