Termozipa power station
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Termozipa power station (Central Térmica Termozipa) is an operating power station of at least 226-megawatts (MW) in Tocancipá, Cundinamarca, Colombia. It is also known as Martín del Corral power station.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Termozipa power station | Tocancipá, Tocancipá, Cundinamarca, Colombia | 4.970817, -73.947258 (exact)[1] |
Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):
- Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5: 4.970817, -73.947258
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | Start year | Retired year | Emergency/Backup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 2 | Operating[2][3] | coal: bituminous[4][3][5] | 36[6] | subcritical | 1964[7][6] | 2028 (planned)[8] | False |
| Unit 3 | Operating[2][3] | coal: bituminous[4][3][5] | 63[7][6] | subcritical | 1976[7][6] | 2028 (planned)[8] | False |
| Unit 4 | Operating[2][3] | coal: bituminous[4][3][5] | 64[7][6] | subcritical | 1981[7][6] | 2028 (planned)[8] | False |
| Unit 5 | Operating[2][3] | coal: bituminous[4][3][5] | 63[7][6] | subcritical | 1985[7][6] | 2028 (planned)[8] | False |
Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details
| Unit name | Owner | Parent |
|---|---|---|
| Unit 2 | Enel Colombia SA ESP [100%][3] | Enel Américas SA [57.3%]; Grupo Energía Bogotá SA ESP [42.5%] |
| Unit 3 | Enel Colombia SA ESP [100%][3] | Enel Américas SA [57.3%]; Grupo Energía Bogotá SA ESP [42.5%] |
| Unit 4 | Enel Colombia SA ESP [100%][3] | Enel Américas SA [57.3%]; Grupo Energía Bogotá SA ESP [42.5%] |
| Unit 5 | Enel Colombia SA ESP [100%][3] | Enel Américas SA [57.3%]; Grupo Energía Bogotá SA ESP [42.5%] |
Project-level coal details
- Coal source(s): domestic
Ownership Tree
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Background
The plant is owned and operated by Enel Colombia S.A. in Tocancipá, Colombia[9] and consists of four coal-fired units that can also use fuel oil as an auxiliary fuel source.[10][11]
The total capacity of the Termozipa plant is 226 MW, as reflected in Enel's recent annual reports[12][13] and on the Enel Colombia website.[14]
Individual units have the following capacities:
Unit 2 began operation in 1964, Unit 3 in 1976, Unit 4 in 1981, and Unit 5 in 1985.[15][16]
Recent enhancements at Termozipa include installation of Magaldi Ash Cooler systems[17][18] and Colombia's first energy storage system.[19] In Colombia's February 2019 energy auction, Termozipa's four units were awarded electricity production contracts through November 2023.[20]
The plant is jointly parented by Enel (57%) and Grupo Energía Bogotá S.A. (43%)[21]
By 2020, plant owner Enel had taken steps to decarbonize its energy portfolio, including the decommissioning of its Tarapacá and Bocamina power plants in Chile and several coal-fired plants in Spain and Italy. However, the company had not yet announced any closure plans for the Termozipa plant.[22]
Reporting in October 2024 indicated that maintenance work had been completed at the Termozipa power station to guarantee the capture of 99.9% of its particulate matter emissions.[23]
Enel Colombia stated that Termozipa generated 962 GWh in 2024.[24]
Planned retirement
Multiple company sources have reported Enel's intention to phase out coal combustion at the Termozipa power station in 2027, including Enel's 2024 annual reports[13][12], its 2023[25], 2024[26] and 2025[27] ESG (Environmental, Social, and corporate Governance) reports, and the Enel website.[28]
However, documents from Colombia's independent system operator XM indicate that Termozipa remains committed to generating electricity through November 2028, based on an OEF (Obligación de Energía Firme) agreed to in Colombia's national energy auction for 2027-28.[29]
In October 2025, Enel Colombia's chief executive Francesco Bertoli stated at the 30th MEM Energy Congress that Termozipa would "hardly" be shut down in 2027 due to operational necessity, as the Bogotá metropolitan area and the departments of Cundinamarca and Boyacá had become highly dependent on the plant's output. Bertoli acknowledged that Enel would not want to continue operating the plant – describing it as "a plant that is 60 years old" – and indicated that the construction of two planned electricity transmission projects, Sogamoso-Nueva Esperanza and Chivor II-Norte, would need to be completed before closure became feasible. The manager of Enlaza, a subsidiary of Grupo Energía Bogotá, noted that those two projects could be ready by the second half of 2027 if the necessary environmental permits and land-use authorisations were obtained in time. The article also reported that Termozipa had been operating continuously for more than a year, despite being designed as a backup plant, generating approximately 90,000 tonnes of CO2 per month, and that Enel's decision to phase out coal could open the door to a potential sale of the station.[30]
Environmental issues
In September 2025, Enel Colombia stated that it had transferred around COP 90 billion (approximately USD 22.1 million) to 44 municipalities and environmental authorities in the areas of influence of its Río Bogotá hydroelectric chain, Guavio hydroelectric plant and Termozipa plant in Cundinamarca. The company stated that the funds, made under Colombia's electricity-sector transfer rules, were to be used for environmental protection, páramo conservation and basic sanitation projects.[31]
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ https://maps.app.goo.gl/UXKaPajkf4RqUqhs8.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 (PDF) https://www.enel.com/content/dam/enel-com/documenti/investitori/informazioni-finanziarie/2024/annuali/en/integrated-annual-report_2024.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 "Integrated Annual Report 2024" (PDF). Enel Américas. 2025-05-05. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2026-02-27.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 https://www.gem.wiki/Coal_source_methodology_for_the_Global_Coal_Plant_Tracker.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212095525003281.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 "Informe de Sostenibilidad 2024" (PDF). Asociación Colombiana de Generadores de Energía Eléctrica 2024. 2025-05-31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2026-01-27.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 https://paratec.xm.com.co/reportes/capacidad-efectiva-neta-tipo-generacion.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 https://www.xm.com.co/transacciones/asignacion-subastas/subasta-de-energia-firme/cuarta-subasta-de-energia-firme-2027.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Generation Business". Enel Colombia. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Maestre Torres, Alfonso (November 2014). "Sistema de Gestión Energética en la Central Termozipa" (PDF). Revista Cidet.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "En 2016 Emgesa Invirtió Más De 94.000 Millones En La Modernización Y Mantenimiento De Sus Centrales De Generación Térmica". País Minero. December 31, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Integrated Annual Report 2024 (pp 121, 233)" (PDF). Enel Américas. 2025-05-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Integrated Annual Report (pp 98, 129, 178)" (PDF). Enel Group. 2025-05-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Enel Colombia drives the energy transition with 400 MW of solar capacity under construction and new electrical infrastructure". Enel Colombia. 2025-10-29. Retrieved 2026-01-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 "Informe de Sostenibilidad 2024 (p 18)" (PDF). Asociación Colombiana de Generadores de Energía Eléctrica 2024. 2025-05-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 XM Paratec. "Capacidad efectiva neta por tipo de generación". Retrieved 2026-01-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Termozipa". Magaldi. 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Memoria Anual 2018" (PDF). Enel. 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "ENEL-EMGESA NET INCOME UP BY 23% IN 1H2019" (PDF). Enel press release. 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "INFORME DE RESULTADOS DE LA SUBASTA DE ASIGNACIÓN DE OBLIGACIONES DE ENERGIA FIRME 2022-2023" (PDF). CREG (Comisión de Regulación de Energía y Gas). March 1, 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Integrated Annual Report 2021 (pp 132, 257)" (PDF). Enel Américas. March 1, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Enel to unveil coal closure plan on November 24". S&P Global Platts. 2020-11-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Enel Colombia ha invertido 1,33 billones de pesos en el 2024 para robustecer y diversificar la matriz energética, Energía Estratégica, October 31, 2024
- ↑ "¿Quiénes somos? Conoce el mercado mayorista de energía". Enel Colombia. Retrieved May 20, 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ ESG focus for Investors (p 6), Enel, 2023
- ↑ "ESG Focus for Investors (p 10)" (PDF). Enel. November 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "ESG Focus for Investors (p 10)" (PDF). Enel. December 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Enel's commitment to the energy transition". Enel Group. Retrieved 2026-01-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Cuarta Subasta de Energía Firme 2027-2028: Resultados subasta cargo por confiabilidad". XM Colombia. Retrieved 2026-01-23.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Enel no quiere ninguna térmica a carbón en su negocio después de 2027: ¿Qué pasará con la operación de Termozipa en Colombia?". El Tiempo. October 31, 2025. Retrieved May 2026.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Más de $90 mil millones de pesos fueron transferidos por Enel Colombia a municipios y autoridades ambientales en Cundinamarca". Enel Colombia. September 1, 2025. Retrieved May 20, 2026.
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