Generation of Electricity by Plant Biomass in Villages of the Colombian Provinces: Chocó, Meta and Putumayo

bHochschule Bremen, University of Applied Sciences, Neustadtswall 30 28199, Bremen, Germany The aim of this study is to give potential solutions to supply the electricity deficit in three Colombian provinces (Choco, Meta, and Putumayo) with the maximum energy demand in Non-Interconnected Zones (ZNI, for its initials in Spanish). This was done by analysing the economic efficiency of technologies for generating electricity from biomass energy sources using the energetic planning software, Homer Energy. Different scenarios were evaluated in order to analyse how the energetic demand and subsidies from the government can contribute to properly integrate the variability of biomass plants of an economic point of view in the villages Riosucio, Alto Baudó, Puerto Concordia, La Macarena and Orito. In all cases, the results have shown, that combustion is a much more costly process than the biomass gasification.