El plan de ordenamiento territorial vigente en el municipio de Villavicencio restringe o no, la creación y ejecución de proyectos generadores de energía renovable no convencional

Abstract

In Colombia, the problem of electricity generation comes primarily from large-scale hydroelectric plants, due to having a large number of water sources, and in the background we have fossil fuels (oil, gas and coal), which are running out. Consequently, Colombia sees the need to adopt the worldwide trend of transforming the electricity/energy sector with alternative technologies for the production of energy/electricity with renewable resources, contributing to improve climate change and the decarbonization of the electricity sector. “Renewable energies are those that come from resources that are related to the natural cycles of the planet, making it possible for the resource to be available permanently or by cycles. Each of the sources (air, water, biomass, light and solar heat) requires different types of technologies to generate energy in the form of electricity, motive power, heat or fuels” . For this reason, Colombia saw the need to create a series of laws and regulations in which the development and implementation of non-conventional energy sources is encouraged, especially those of a renewable nature, however, when venturing into the creation , development and execution of renewable energy generating projects at the territorial level, as in the particular case of the city of Villavicencio, a legal dilemma is observed between this activity and the planning instruments in force in the municipality such as the territorial ordering plan, which which can cause some restriction or limitation of this kind of projects instead of encouraging their development.