Revista de Ingeniería

revinge | eISSN 2011-0049 | ISSN 0121-4993

Limitations and obstacles for the development of hydroelectric power with installed capacity of less than 1 mw

No. 48 (2019-01-01)
  • Leonardo Pérez Álvarez
    1. Gerente. Kastalia Energy SAS. Contacto: leonardo.perez@kastalia-energy.com
  • Sergio Gómez Echeverri
    2. Gerente. Consultora Endémica SAS. Contacto: sergio.gomez@consultoraendemica.com
https://doi.org/10.16924/revinge.48.12

Abstract

When addressing questions regarding the needs and challenges our nation must take on when facing ‘A new rural country’, the limitations on access to basic infrastructure in rural peripheries, and specifically those associated with the supply of electric power, are usually debated according to the definition of Distributed Generation; a concept that essentially deals directly and precisely with rural problems. When we frame this concept in relation to the development of hydroelectric power with installed capacity of less than 1 MW, considerations associated with demand stimulation, technological competitiveness, resource availability and its effects on the environment, as well as legislation to regulate them, emerge to configure, implicitly, questions regarding what type of rural country we actually want. This article aims to delve into these considerations and questions and propose a framework for a new definition of Distributed Generation, and a more organic approach to the process of environmental licensing.

Keywords: regulatory barriers, Distributed Generation, Small Hydro, environmental licensing

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