Off-grid --- Off-grid renewable sources are also the best option in rural areas in Colombia and in most of Latin-America countries. As an example I already mention, my parents and grandparents farms rely on solar energy. This is remarkable if we consider that they live in "La Guajira", one of the greater sources of energy of the world (we have the biggest open mine of coal, we supply gas for all the country and we have one of the greatest solar and wind potential of the world). This energy advantages are not traslated in benefits for the local communities and almost all energy is taken and carried out of the zone. Local grid is poor and with low coverance and hence rural zones have to install their own solar systems despite of all the energy produced near.

Source author: Carlos Arturo Garcia Bonilla carlos.garcia@cancilleria.gov.co