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Medellin Metro Hails Receipt of Last of 22 New Trains; Frequency, Capacity Improve

Medellin Herald May 7, 2018

Medellin’s “Metro” public transit agency announced May 4 that it just took delivery on its 80th train — the last of 22 new trains ordered in 2016 from Spanish manufacturer Constructores y Auxiliares de Ferrocarriles (CAF). The COP$380 billion (US$135 million) investment in the 22 new

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EPM Launches Pioneering Solar-Power Array at Antioquia Hydroelectric Dam

Medellin Herald April 18, 2018

Medellin-based multinational electric power giant EPM announced April 18 the launch of a novel floating solar photovoltaic (PV) power generation scheme at El Peñol lake, adjacent to the company’s 560-megawatt Guatape hydroelectric power station in Antioquia. The floating PV station will be the first of its kind in Spanish-speaking Latin America, according to EPM. The […]

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ANI Touts Relaunch of Freight Railway Service Passing Through Antioquia

Medellin Herald April 11, 2018

Colombia’s Agencia Nacional de Infraestructura (ANI, the national infrastructure development agency) announced April 11 the successful relaunch of rail freight transport on a 522-kilometers-long line aiming to link Atlantic ports to the interior — passing through Antioquia on the way. ANI spent COP$212 billion (US$78 million) on the rail-line rehab project, aiming to

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Medellin’s EPM Public Utility Making Impressive Financial, Social, Environmental Progress

Medellin Herald April 10, 2018

Medellin-based multinational utilities giant EPM on April 7 presented highlights of 2017 results including impressive growth in profitability along with expansion of water, power, garbage-collection, sewer and natural-gas services to thousands more customers in the metro area. In a press conference, EPM general manager Jorge Londoño de la Cuesta and Medellin Mayor Federico

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Colombia’s Economic Slowdown Penalizes Medellin in ‘Como Vamos’ Survey

Medellin Herald March 16, 2018

The annual “Medellin Como Vamos” (“how are we doing?”) citizen survey released March 15 finds that while most Medellin residents remain relatively optimistic, Colombia’s economic slowdown in 2017 pushed the favorability index downward. The face-to-face survey in November 2017 of 1,500 residents across all zones and all socio-economic strata found that in general —

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ANI Touts Billion-Dollar Investments in Antioquia Highways, Ports, Airport Upgrades

Medellin Herald March 14, 2018

Colombia’s Agencia Nacional de Infraestructura (ANI) infrastructure-project agency president Dimitri Zaninovich on March 13 publicly hailed what he termed as multi-billion-dollar investments in “fourth generation” (4G) highways connecting Medellin and Antioquia to key ocean freight ports. In a speech following inspection of Colombia’s first-ever unified air-freight

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Japan’s Chamber of Commerce Opens New Office in Medellin

Medellin Herald February 27, 2018

Japan’s Ambassador to Colombia Keiichiro Morishita this month unveiled new offices in Medellin of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI). The decision to open new offices here came following an initiative by local investment promotion agency ACI (Agencia de Cooperación e Inversión de Medellín). According to ACI, the new CCI office aims to […]

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‘Vias del Nus’ Highways, Crucial Tunnel Passages Win Enviro Permits

Medellin Herald January 27, 2018

The Medellin-based “Vias del Nus” (“Vinus”) highway construction concessionaire announced January 22 that it won crucial permits from Agencia Nacional de Licencias Ambientales (ANLA) to build twin tunnels through “La Quiebra,” the principal obstacle blocking cost- and time-efficient freight traffic between Medellin and the Rio Magdalena. The “Quiebra” pass currently only

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EPM Debuts 1st-Ever Commercial Solar-Power System at ‘El Tesoro’ Shopping Mall

Medellin Herald January 19, 2018

Medellin-based multinational electric-power giant EPM announced January 19 the start-up of a 590 megawatt-hours/year (MWh/year) solar-voltaic power system for the “El Tesoro” shopping mall in the Poblado district. The photovoltaic system will operate in parallel with conventional grid power (overwhelmingly hydroelectric-sourced), according to EPM. It’s EPM’s first-ever

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Electric Power Demand During 2017 Dipped in Antioquia, Grew Nationally

Medellin Herald January 18, 2018

The latest study by Medellin-based XM – Colombia’s national power-grid operator and wholesale power-trading center – finds that demand for electric power in Antioquia slipped by 0.8% year-on-year during full-year 2017, while nationwide power demand actually rose 1.3%. Nationwide power demand in 2017 totaled 66,893 gigawatt-hours, the study found. Power demand growth in