Initiatives

Connecting the Americas 2022

Participating Countries:

Colombia, Estados Unidos

Goals:

Connect 2022, launched by Colombia's former Minister of Mines and Energy Mauricio Cardenas and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, is a hemispheric initiative, which establishes a decade-long goal to achieve universal access to electricity through enhanced electrical interconnections, power sector investment, renewable energy development, and cooperation. Connect 2022, endorsed by heads of state in the Summit declaration, supports the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA), involving all governments of the Western Hemisphere, the private sector, IDB, World Bank, and OAS. It is advanced bilaterally and sub-regionally in North America; Central America with Mexico and Colombia; the Andes with Chile; Brazil and Southern Cone; and the Caribbean.

Overview:

At the Sixth Summit of the Americas in April 2012 in Cartagena, the Government of Colombia put forward a bold agenda in proposing Connecting the Americas 2022 (Connect 2022) to ensure our citizens, businesses, schools, and hospitals have the electricity they need at a price they can afford. Power generation in Latin America and the Caribbean needs to double by 2030. By 2035, the region needs over $700 billion in power sector investments, according to the IEA. Over 31 million people in the region lack access to electricity.

Connect 2022 from ECPA on Vimeo.

Related News:

October 11, 2016 - Energy Integration in Latin America: The Connecting the Americas 2022 Initiative
April 16, 2015- Connect 2022 Addresses Life Changing Potential of Biofuels
June 27-28, 2013- Ministerial Meeting on Electricity Integration in Mesoamerica: Discussions to address electricity integration, energy security and low-carbon energy.
June 26, 2013- Under Secretary Sherman to Speak at Ministerial Meeting on Mesoamerican Electricity Integration.
April 6, 2013- Colombia impulsa proyecto energético "Conectando las Américas." (El Mundo.com)

June 27-28, 2013- Ministerial Meeting on Electricity Integration in Mesoamerica: Discussions to address electricity integration, energy security and low-carbon energy.
2012- (9) Conectando las Américas 2022 - 2 from BID TV on Vimeo.

June 28, 2013 - Ministerial Declaration about the progress of Mesoamerican Energy Integration and Trade in Low Carbon Electricity.

Representatives of the six Central American countries, joined by representatives of the Governments of Belize, Colombia, the Dominican Republic and Mexico, today signed the following statement, at the conclusion of a meeting held at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and co-sponsored by the U. S. Department of State.

Representatives of the Governments of the member countries of the Central American Electricity Interconnection System (SIEPAC, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama) also agreed on an action plan for the consolidation of a regional electricity market.