Enel Colombia starts commercial operation of 240 MW of home solar

Latin American utility Enel Colombia has announced that its two solar farms, La Loma and Fundacion, have officially started commercial operation, contributing a total of 240 MWac to the Colombian power system.

La Loma, with a net capacity of 150 MWac, was inaugurated in February this year. The plant consists of 400,000 panels spread over 387 hectares and can generate about 420 GWh of power per year, enough to meet the needs of approximately 600,000 people. According to Enel Colombia, La Loma is the largest centrally dispatched solar farm in Colombia.

The 90-MWac Fundacion solar farm, which produced first power in August 2023, will generate around 267 GWh annually.

These two plants, along with El Paso, also owned by Enel, represent three of the six centrally dispatched solar projects in Colombia to have reached commercial operation. Overall, Enel's solar farms accounted for more than 34% of the solar power generated within Colombia’s grid in 2024, the utility said.

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