Colombian Energy Minister Diego Mesa launched the country’s plans for offshore wind energy at the CERAWeek by S&P Global conference in Houston on Tuesday, while an agreement to develop the first wind project has been signed, the government said in a statement.

Colombian Energy Minister Diego Mesa launched the country’s plans for offshore wind energy at the CERAWeek by S&P Global conference in Houston on Tuesday, while an agreement to develop the first wind project has been signed, the government said in a statement.

It’s well known that greenhouse gases are warming our planet and that carbon dioxide is the major culprit. So it is imperative that we all decrease our carbon dioxide emissions as quickly as possible. According to Columbia’s Office of Sustainability, the community collectively emits 2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent yearly. In 2018, that number was almost four times more than what is emitted by the average world citizen. We need to reduce a lot of carbon just to get to average.

Renewables developer Enel Green Power Colombia, part of Italian utility group Enel SpA (BIT:ENEL), has built beekeeping hives at its 187-MW direct current (DC) solar farm it is currently putting together in the Colombian department of Cesar.