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Viewing cable 09BOGOTA1376, INVESTMENT EXPERT HIGHLIGHTS BENEFITS OF RENEWABLE

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09BOGOTA1376 2009-04-28 21:55 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Bogota
VZCZCXYZ0012
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DE RUEHBO #1376/01 1182155
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 282155Z APR 09
FM AMEMBASSY BOGOTA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 8512
INFO RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA 8823
RUEHPE/AMEMBASSY LIMA 7412
RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS 2105
RUEHZP/AMEMBASSY PANAMA 3491
RUEHQT/AMEMBASSY QUITO 8149
RUEHLP/AMEMBASSY LA PAZ APR OF ENERGY WASHINGTON DC
UNCLAS BOGOTA 001376 
 
SIPDIS 
SENSITIVE 
 
WHA/EPSC FOR FCORNEILLE; EEB/ESC FOR MMCMANUS; DOE FOR 
LEINSTEIN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ENRG SENV ECON EINV PGOV CO
SUBJECT: INVESTMENT EXPERT HIGHLIGHTS BENEFITS OF RENEWABLE 
ENERGY 
 
REF: 07 STATE 4545 
 
1. (SBU) SUMMARY: With funding from the Bureau of 
International Information Programs (IIP), Embassy Bogota 
hosted the visit of Mapa Group Partner and renewable energy 
investment expert J.F. Scarborough April 19-22 to inform 
local audiences and policymakers about international 
investment trends in solar, wind and geothermal energy. 
Scarborough highlighted the employment generation and 
technology development aspects of renewable energy that 
complement the well-known environmental and energy 
diversification benefits. In two major public presentations, 
as well as private meetings with GOC officials, Scarborough 
also outlined the main incentives for attracting economically 
viable renewable energy projects and emphasized the potential 
for off-grid rural electrification, on-grid surge capacity, 
and developing technology clusters to supply components for 
the global expansion of renewable energy.  END SUMMARY. 
 
Keynote Presentations 
--------------------- 
 
2. (U) On April 21, Mr. Scarborough addressed approximately 
45 private sector energy experts at the Center for Strategic 
Latin American Studies (CEELAT) followed by a presentation 
April 22 at the University of Rosario to over 150 academics 
and local media outlining the collective benefits and 
feasibility of renewable energy investment.  In both 
presentations, Scarborough acknowledged that solar, wind and 
geothermal energy solutions remained more expensive than 
fossil fuel sources on the surface, but pointed to the 
rapidly falling prices of renewable technology and its 
utility in providing relatively low-cost surge capacity as 
keys to its increasing commercial viability.  As an example 
of the falling cost, he cited a 25 percent decrease in the 
price of solar panels in the last three months of 2008. 
 
3. (U) Scarborough likewise emphasized that, besides energy, 
successful renewable projects also generate new 
high-technology jobs, increase electricity supply 
reliability, and reduce air and water pollution.  He 
concluded by citing Colombia's significant solar, wind and 
geothermal capacity and suggested that all three sources 
could smooth out electricity supply variations that result 
from the country's extensive reliance on hydroelectric power 
as well as help provide stand-alone power for Colombia's 
estimated 1 million residents without access to the national 
grid. 
 
Government, NGO, and IDB Meetings 
--------------------------------- 
 
4. (SBU) Scarborough also attended a series of meetings with 
GOC officials and environmental experts as well as a team 
from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to discuss the 
potential for investment in solar, wind and geothermal energy 
in Colombia.  With experts from the Ministry of Mines and 
Energy, Scarborough reviewed the solar and wind potential on 
Colombia's north coast department of La Guajira and the 
island department of San Andres.  In both cases, Scarborough 
suggested the excellent natural wind and solar endowment 
combined with the areas' isolation from the traditional 
electrical network offered attractive prospects for renewable 
energy projects.  Similarly, he pointed to global examples of 
solar-powered rural electrification projects as examples for 
reducing isolated communities reliance on diesel generators 
while helping supply potable water and improving access to 
education and health services. 
 
5. (SBU) In separate meetings with the Ministry of 
Environment and local representatives from The Nature 
Conservancy,  Humboldt Center, World Wildlife Fund, and 
Conservation International, Scarborough stressed that 
environmental advocates of renewable energy should look more 
broadly to the value-added employment and energy supply chain 
benefits of renewables.  He lauded the environmental benefits 
of solar, wind and geothermal power, but said the 
environmental community must prove the financial viability of 
such energy sources before most governments and traditional 
generators would move toward large-scale adoption. 
 
6. (U) With IDB experts and Colombia's trade and investment 
promotion agency (PROEXPORT), Scarborough summarized the 
regulatory, tax, and investment incentives that numerous 
communities in the U.S. and Europe have used to foster 
successful renewable energy projects.  He suggested that the 
IDB and other international institutions could play an 
important role in helping Colombia create a regulatory 
environment that bred the technology clusters that renewable 
energy investors sought as well as provide low-cost financing 
for investors.  More important than tax or investment 
credits, though, Scarborough said most investors focused on 
the level of public sector buy-in, the availability of 
skilled labor, and the potential for partnerships with local 
suppliers and universities, when making the decision on where 
to invest.  He also suggested that the GOC consider 
strategies for becoming a supplier of components for clean 
energy technology, taking advantage of its proximity to the 
U.S. market, positive investment climate, and attractive free 
trade zone regimen. 
 
Media Roundtable 
---------------- 
 
7. (U) In light of the high-profile of clean energy issues in 
Colombian media, Scarborough concluded his visit by briefing 
journalists from leading print media outlets El Tiempo, 
Dinero, El Espectador, and Poder as well as several trade 
publications.  The participating journalists told post 
following the roundtable that the briefing was valuable in 
underscoring the ongoing international discussion of clean 
energy and that they planned to include material from the 
discussion in future reporting on the sector. 
 
Result/Impact 
------------- 
 
8. (SBU) Mr. Scarborough's presentations on the rapidly 
evolving global renewable energy sector served to focus the 
attention of Colombian government policymakers, academics, 
and environmental activists, on areas such as surge capacity, 
off-grid rural electrification, and component development, 
where non-hydroelectric renewable energy could be financially 
viable in Colombia.  While Colombia has been a leader in 
hydroelectric generation for years and is moving ahead 
aggressively with biofuels, Scarborough's presentations have 
helped encourage local stakeholders to look more broadly at 
the developmental benefits of solar, wind, and geothermal 
energy.  Likewise, his experience in crafting successful 
renewable energy investments clarified for local audiences 
the criteria international energy firms are seeking before 
making investments. 
BROWNFIELD