IMAGINE JUST A SECOND

How would be living without Internet? How would be if you come back home, and there is not TV, no warm water and no light?

If you need some medical assistance, but only thing that doctors can do for you is give you some prescriptions. There is not way to make medical analysis, studies or storage some kinds of drugs.
Even more, imagine you can not store your food, because there is not way to keep it cold. No TV, no phone, no electronic devices. How would you feel?

BUT IT IS NOT A FANTASY

This is the reality for a lot of Colombian people, because they live too far away from big urban centers, they have not 24 hours electric service. Even more, there are some town where the people have never seen a shinning bulb ever. They just have to live as XIX century people used to live. Only with burners and oil lamps to defeat the darkness.

AND WHAT ALL THIS IS A PROBLEM?

Maybe some people think that living without electric power it is not the worst thing ever. Surely It is not, but the difficulties that our compatriots have to overcome, make their life extremely hard. Labors we considerer simply footling, they shall make great effort to accomplish. Food storage, cooking, washing laundry, studying and other stuff. They can not keep medical supplies cold, even more, there is not way to treat serious diseases (not studies, no analysis). Ultrasound for a pregnant lady, no way. All this, with out mention the great advantages that our electronic devices provide us, and they have not opportunity to access.

BESIDES
Children at these towns have not a properly education system, decreasing their chances to succeed.

Less Preparation

Less Opportunities

Furthermore, this situation only help to increases the social gap between the rural and urban population.
In our country, it is just another explanation for our social conflict, because, it provides reasons and human material to delinquency, organize crime, and guerrillas.

WHY ANYONE DOES ANYTHING?

Commonly, these towns and communities are too far away from the big urban centers and even more, from the generation station. Because of that, the government said that implementing projects to bring electric power to these village is simply very expensive, and now, it is impossible to do it. For that reason, these Colombian people are been forgotten for his own government and the rest of their compatriots.

MAPING THE PROBLEM

BUT, WHAT CAN BE DONE?

In Colombia, there is a government institution in charge to provide solutions and alternatives to non interconnected towns and village. The IPSE (Instituto de Planificacin y Promocin de Soluciones Energticas para las Zonas No Interconectadas).

The government had set for 2020, all the Colombian people around the country will have 24 hours electric service.
To meet this objective, the IPSE had considered diferent kind of solutions.

FOSSIL FUEL
Installation of power plants based on gas, diesel, gasoline or coal near the consumption centers.

FOSSIL FUEL
Advantages The equipment is already in Colombia. Disadvantages The combustion material is relatively cheap.

Can be segregated easily.

High levels of pollution. High cost of installation in all non interconnected towns.

Transportation of combustion material to the generation center.

CLEAN ENERGIES
Wind Power Hidro Power Solar Energy

Biomass

INTERCONNECTION
Bring electrical energy to non- interconnected town and village implementing the electrical structure.