Merengue Solar Minifarm
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Merengue Solar Minifarm

Empowering communities with solar energy.
Resumen de la inversión
Categoría de impacto
Energía sostenible
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Préstamo
Interés anual
9.25
%
Plazo
120
meses
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Promotor

Solenium, is a Colombian company dedicated to advancing global sustainability through the development of new energy technologies. Over the past year and a half, Solenium has shifted its focus to distributed generation projects and aims to lead this market in Colombia. 

Having already developed over 21.8 MWp, Solenium is ready to take the next step and expand its purpose. The purpose of this funding campaign is to finance the engineering, permits, and initial civil works for Solenium's first-owned solar Minifarm. This initiative will enable the promoter to expand its portfolio and increase its positive impact on the communities it serves.

The Minifarm is located in Valledupar in Colombia and will have an annual generation of over 2,390 MWh of clean energy, which is equivalent to powering more than 1,250 homes across 2 communities. The projects developed by Solenuim incorporate initiatives focusing on several dimensions such as:

  • Women's Inclusion - promoting gender diversity by providing equal opportunities for women in the workforce.
  • Educational Coworking - hosting educational spaces for children and youth from neighboring communities at the Minifarms.
  • Agrovoltaic Projects - integrating solar energy with agriculture, benefiting local farmers.
  • Local Labor Empowerment - providing training and employment opportunities locally to contribute to community development.

This current campaign will finance the phase 1 of the minifarm as part of a 3-phase plan divided into a 3 campaign funding plan worth 840.000€. The remaining amount will be funded in two future campaings with the Goparity comunity worth 252.000€, each.

¿Cuál es el impacto?

Direct 

  • Contribution to the decarbonisation of Colombia, avoiding CO2 emissions: With a total production of clean energy of over 2408 MWh per year, the solar plant will avoid the emission of about 371 tonnes of CO2 per year. This is equivalent to the CO2 absorption of 16.868 trees.

This campaign will fund one third of the total installation, therefore it will contribute to the generation of over 803 MWh of clean energy per year, avoiding the emission of 123,7 tonnes of CO2 yearly. This is the equivalent to the CO2 absorption of 5.622 trees.

  • Sustainable and resilient food production systems: Solenium implements an agrivoltaics solution – in which the photovoltaic panels coexist with agricultural activity in the same land. The promoter partners with a productive actor – either a production or farmers’ association or an independent smallholder farmer – who will manage and work the land and receive the total income from its harvests. Through an agreement of land use conditions, Solenium grants the partner free access to the land and technical knowledge assistance for all steps of the production, from planning to harvesting crops and for sales’ channels and strategies of the products. This ensures the implementation of clean and efficient food production systems and the knowledge transfer to the local communities. 

At the Merengue installation, the productive partner is planning the cultivation of Baby Watermelons in two hectares of land, in a team of around seven people.

  • Jobs creation: for the installation of the Minifarms around 15 temporary and local jobs are created, and around 20% of those work contracts are renovated for other minifarms installations planned in the same region. 

Indirect

  • Promoting sustainable business: the project developed for Solenium is an example of the applicability of solar power integrated with agricultural solutions and inserted within a community’s needs, an important step towards sustainability for businesses in Colombia. Furthermore, Solenium is a certified BCorp in Colombia, which means they reach a set of standards in its practices towards customers, employees, governance and environment.
  • Community engagement and local development: This funding positively affects two communities in Colombia – the rural areas of the cities of La Paz and Valledupar. Solenium builds educational centres to provide training to schools, companies, and the general population. These centres are spaces inside the Minifarms containing computers and learning and experimental materials for the community’s children and youth to learn about technology, solar energy and beyond.

Indicadores de impacto

123702
Kg
CO2 avoided per year
803259
KWh
clean energy
5
jobs
created by our projects
1
hectars
of sustainable water and land management

Contribución a los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible

Sobre el promotor

About
Solenium

Solenium es una B Corporation fundada en 2016 con la misión de avanzar en nuevas tecnologías energéticas para combatir el cambio climático y preservar el planeta. La singladura de la empresa comenzó cuando sus tres fundadores, expertos en energía renovable, desarrollo de tecnología para el sector energético y finanzas, reconocieron el potencial de Colombia para liderar la adopción de soluciones de energía limpia. Los fundadores, que se conocieron en la universidad, se inspiraron en su experiencia colectiva y su visión compartida para aprovechar la tecnología para abordar los desafíos ambientales. Esta convicción se solidificó todavía más cuando dos de ellos ganaron un concurso naval de eficiencia internacional en Suiza, en representación de Colombia, siendo conscientes de la necesidad de innovaciones de cosecha propia para beneficiar tanto a Colombia como a la comunidad global. 

El propósito general de Solenium va más allá de los proyectos individuales; se dedica a los avances pioneros en la tecnología de energía renovable para fomentar un futuro más limpio y sostenible. El enfoque estratégico más reciente de la empresa en minigranjas subraya su compromiso de liderar el sector de energía distribuida en Colombia, contribuyendo así a impactos positivos dentro del sector energético. 

Los logros de Solenium incluyen la obtención de más de cinco subvenciones de innovación, la obtención de la certificación B Corporation y el desarrollo de un seguidor de paneles solares patentado que aumenta la generación de energía en aproximadamente un 15 %. Estos logros ponen de manifiesto el compromiso de Solenium con la innovación y la sostenibilidad. Desde sus inicios, Solenium ha crecido hasta convertirse en un equipo de más de 80 profesionales de diversas disciplinas.


La empresa cuenta con varios hitos pioneros en el panorama energético de Colombia. Fue la primera empresa del país en legalizar una casa capaz de vender excedentes de energía a la red. Además, Solenium inició el primer proyecto piloto de hidrógeno H2 de Colombia, lo cual supuso un avance significativo en la exploración de fuentes de energía alternativas. Solenium, asimismo, lideró el desarrollo del primer proyecto de generación distribuida con tecnología de seguidor solar. Esta iniciativa se concretó tras la promulgación del reglamento Creg 147.

Sitio web del promotor

https://solenium.co/

Equipo

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Valledupar, Cesar
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