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Stories that Will Leave Our MarkRenacer Substation, with a woman’s touch

Renacer Substation, with a woman’s touch

In this project, which will improve electricity service in Mocoa (Putumayo), 23 women are involved, whose commitment, persistence, efficiency and effectiveness have been essential for the progress of the construction works.
  • Four Imprelco female workers at the operation wearing helmets and face masks.

    Woman leads a group of men at the Renacer Substation

  • Woman leads a group of men at the Renacer Substation.

    Woman leads a group of men at the Renacer Substation

  • Woman reviewing documents at the Renacer Substation.

    Woman leads a group of men at the Renacer Substation

  • Two Imprelco female workers at the operation wearing helmets and face masks.

    Woman leads a group of men at the Renacer Substation

The hope for better electric energy service for Mocoa and the rest of the department of Putumayo is being built on the border of the Guaduales and San Antonio rural districts.

This is where the Renacer Substation (230 kV) is located, a latest generation engineering complex that enabled the normal operation of the connection of Putumayo to the National Interconnected System (SIN), thereby improving the quality, continuity and safety of the service for the population of this region in southern Colombia.

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out of 207 of the team members who worked on installation of the project are women: they work in the environmental, social, occupational safety and health and technical areas, as well as unskilled labor to support road traffic control.

“As someone from Putumayo, it is highly satisfactory to be sure that we will deliver the municipality and the department a project of the highest quality, that will improve everyone’s life quality through safe and efficient electric energy. The project is true to its name “Renacer” (“rebirth” in Spanish),” said Jennifer Alexandra Mojhana Solarte, social manager of the firm Ingeniería de Proyectos Eléctricos de Colombia (Inprelco), a GEB contractor.

And nobody knows this better than her, a 27-year-old social worker from Mocoa who survived, with her husband, a mudslide that occurred on March 31, 2017, that swept away much of the capital city of Putumayo.

For the people from Mocoa, Mojhana points out, the Renacer Substation is a key element for the reconstruction of their city. Daniela Tatiana Rojas Obando, a 24-year-old environmental engineer born in the Guaduales rural district agrees: “This project has driven substantial job creation dynamics and the acquisition of goods and services following the tragedy, which have helped reactivate the economy of Putumayo. It has also offered women from the region the opportunity to get involved, to learn about the industry.”

On her part, Sandra Patricia Guerrero Obando, social manager of Grupo Energía Bogotá in the South region (born in Sibundoy, Putumayo, 38 years ago), has no doubt that women have played a major role in the Renacer-Mocoa Project. “Their work has been continuous, efficient and effective. Also, the experience they all have acquired will open many more doors in the future due to their high level of performance,” said Sandra, who also provides her professional services in construction.

Aldemar Garay, manager of the Mocoa-Renacer Project, believes the experience that Grupo Energía Bogotá has provided in terms of hard and arduous work, based on a sustainable development model, will enable this human capital to take on new challenges to the benefit of this region in southern Colombia, and of course to their own benefit.