Colombia’s Biggest Solar Park Will Rise in Huila With 200 MW Power

Colombia’s Biggest Solar Park Will Rise in Huila With 200 MW Power

Villavieja’s main square in Huila, where the Parque Solar Villavieja project is planned as Colombia’s next major utility-scale solar development. Credit: SajoR, CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons. Huila will soon add a new headline to its map: solar panels, lots of them. A massive project called Parqu

Manizales Scientist Wins 2025 Prize With Organic Batteries Made From Waste

Manizales Scientist Wins 2025 Prize With Organic Batteries Made From Waste

Professor Elisabeth Restrepo Parra (center) and her team from the National University of Colombia in Manizales won the 2025 National Inventor Prize for their organic battery prototype. Credit: Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Manizales.When people talk about clean energy, they usually picture w

Ecopetrol Restarts Windpeshi in La Guajira, A 205 MW Wind Farm

Ecopetrol Restarts Windpeshi in La Guajira, A 205 MW Wind Farm

Wind turbines at Cabo de la Vela, Uribia, in La Guajira, a region central to Colombia’s wind energy plans. Credit: MirfakVelez_92, CC BY-SA 3.0In La Guajira, wind is not just weather; it is a resource with promises attached. Windpeshi, a large wind farm planned between Uribia and Maicao, returned to

Ecopetrol’s Green Hydrogen Plant: 800 Tons a Year, Starting 2026

Ecopetrol’s Green Hydrogen Plant: 800 Tons a Year, Starting 2026

Ecopetrol’s planned green hydrogen plant at the Cartagena refinery is expected to produce up to 800 tons of green hydrogen a year from 2026, powered by a 5 MW electrolyzer and a 22 MW solar farm. Credit: Ecopetrol / Presidency of Colombia.Cartagena is known for beaches and history, but a new project

Hidroituango Power Plant: Colombia’s Energy Giant Ready by 2028

Hidroituango Power Plant: Colombia’s Energy Giant Ready by 2028

Hidroituango (Ituango) dam under construction in Antioquia, a key project expected to reach full generation by 2028. Credit: Algorithmix (CC0) via Wikimedia Commons.The wait is finally almost over for Colombia’s most ambitious infrastructure project. After years of uncertainty, technical challenges,

Amazon Mosquito Microbes: A New Biological Weapon Against Malaria?

Amazon Mosquito Microbes: A New Biological Weapon Against Malaria?

A female Anopheles mosquito feeding, illustrating the critical moment of contact where malaria parasites — or potentially new biological control agents — enter the equation. Photo: CDC / James Gathany, 2014 / Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.The fight against malaria in the Amazon often feels lik

Coendou vossi: Colombia’s New Endemic Porcupine After 126 Years

Coendou vossi: Colombia’s New Endemic Porcupine After 126 Years

Coendou vossi, the new porcupine species endemic to Colombia, photographed in dry forest habitat — a reminder of how much biodiversity remains hidden in the country’s branches and why Magdalena valley and Caribbean forests need stronger protection. Photo: Omar Daniel Leon Alvarado / Instituto Humbol

Tiny Amazon Fish Found in Colombia Reveals Unusual Body Feature

Tiny Amazon Fish Found in Colombia Reveals Unusual Body Feature

Two new species of Priocharax rex. Credit: Giovanna Guimarães Silva Lopez / Open AccessIn a remote corner of Colombia’s Amazon rainforest, researchers have identified a tiny fish species with a body structure never documented before. The fish, named Priocharax rex, is just under an inch long, but it

The Rainforest of Choco, Colombia: A Biodiversity Paradise in Danger

The Rainforest of Choco, Colombia: A Biodiversity Paradise in Danger

Colombia’s Choco rainforest is among the least known and most surprising, but this biodiversity paradise in under threat. Credit: Adriana Garcia, CC BY-SA 4.0Colombia is a country rich in biodiversity, largely due to the variety of ecosystems it hosts. One of the most remarkable and lesser-known is

Aquarium Kings: The Ornamental Fishes of Colombia’s Amazon

Aquarium Kings: The Ornamental Fishes of Colombia’s Amazon

The Colombian Amazon is home to more than 93 species of ornamental fish, many of which are highly valued in international trade. Credit: Swordw, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 / FlickrThe Colombian Amazon is a mosaic of biodiversity that amazes the world with the sheer number of species it harbors. In this corner

Colombia Innovation Week 2025: Bogota Metro in Action at Uniandes

Colombia Innovation Week 2025: Bogota Metro in Action at Uniandes

Bogota metro construction advances along Avenida Caracas, reshaping the capital’s future urban mobility. Photo: Seferaz, 2025 / CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.For one week in November 2025, Universidad de los Andes stopped feeling like a quiet campus and turned into something closer to a tech fair.

Volcano in Ethiopia Erupts After 12,000 Years of Dormancy

Volcano in Ethiopia Erupts After 12,000 Years of Dormancy

Hayli Gubbi volcano. Credit: The Smithsonian InstitutionA long-dormant volcano in northeastern Ethiopia erupted this week for the first time in approximately 12,000 years, sending towering plumes of ash and smoke into the sky and across several neighboring countries. The eruption occurred at Hayli G

Colombia’s Petro Rejects COP30 Declaration for Omission of Fossil Fuels

Colombia’s Petro Rejects COP30 Declaration for Omission of Fossil Fuels

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro rejected the controversial final declaration of COP30 in Brazil for omitting the use of fossil fuels. Credit: Joel González / Presidency of Colombia.At the close of the COP30 climate summit, held in Belém (Brazil), Colombian President Gustavo Petro delivered a forc