Colombia: Jepirachi Wind Power Project

The Jeriprachi Wind Power project located in Colombia’s Wayuu Indigenous Territory, within the Municipality of Uribia, has comprised of a 19.5 MW wind-based generation facility. The project has contributed to the sustainable development of Colombia in several ways, including demonstrating commercial viability of wind-based generation in the region, increasing the share of renewable energy in the national grid, contributing to development of land belonging to a very poor indigenous community on which the project sits, and finally, enabling an increase in economic activity. The project has also enabled transfer of technology, as it is the first wind power generation facility to operate in Colombia on a commercial basis. All equipment utilized in the project is proven technology that has been successfully applied in similar projects in other regions of the world.