According to Reuters, Colombia has received a bid from a subsidiary of Denmark’s Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to develop the country’s first offshore wind project. The announcement was made by Orlando Velandia, head of the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH), during an energy forum held in Cartagena.
Reuters reported that the bidding entity, CI GMF Cooperatief U.A., is affiliated with CIP. While details of the offer were not disclosed, Velandia described CIP’s participation as “a sign of international confidence” in Colombia’s renewable-energy transition.
The offshore wind tender is a key step in President Gustavo Petro’s plan to diversify Colombia’s energy mix and reduce dependence on fossil fuels. The government aims to award contracts totaling around 1 gigawatt (GW) of installed offshore capacity under this initial round, Reuters added.
In late 2024, Colombia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy pre-qualified eight companies for participation, including Ecopetrol, Celsia, Belgium’s Jan De Nul and DEME, the UK’s Dyna Energy, and China’s PowerChina and China Three Gorges. By early 2025, the list of proposed offshore zones had grown to 69 potential sites.
Reuters noted that CIP’s bid represents a landmark moment for Colombia’s offshore wind ambitions, marking one of the first concrete foreign proposals in the Latin American region’s emerging clean-energy market.
Source: Reuters, “Colombia gets offshore wind bid from Denmark’s CIP”, October 16 2025.
