Super El Niño Could Push Colombia Into an Energy Crisis

Scientists predict 2026 will bring a devastating Super El Niño weather event, with rising temperatures and economically damaging droughts expected. There are fears the climate pattern will hit Colombia especially hard, triggering severe droughts that lower water levels and sharply reduce hydroelectric power generation. This will significantly pressure Colombia’s thermal power plants, already constrained by a natural gas shortage, while straining the electricity grid. As a result, costly natural