Study on the energy overview of the industrial beverage sector in Colombia

Abstract

In the Latin American region, the issues of efficiency in energy consumption and clean energy sources become more important every day, and worldwide, these issues are of great importance because a progressive change in the use of energy is required for reasons such as climate change, polluting emissions and forecasting of a shortage of fossil or non-renewable fuel reserves. The Colombian government is no stranger to these issues, and since 2001, energy efficiency plans have been implemented, creating a nationwide program for the proper use of energy sources that seeks, through analysis of the national energy landscape, the implementation of technical and technological actions that improve energy efficiency in all sectors of the country. This paper shows the study made to the industry of (number of companies) in the beverage sector, which characterized the use of different types of energy such as natural gas and electric energy and the transformation of these in their processes of production, which seeks to determine how efficiently the potential of energy resources is used. Only in the energy consumption for lighting were savings potentials of up to 50% detected. It is also shown how, through legislation and studies conducted under the direction of the Energy Mining Planning Unit, the aim is to have a more competitive industrial sector against international markets, specifically taking the industrial sector of beverage production as a sample.