A total of 14 production plants place more than 581,000 tons of biodiesel and 390 million liters of bioethanol on the market each year in an effort to revitalize an industry that promoted agricultural crops in the world. The sugar mills are working on self-sufficiency projects for the needs of their industry, which in five cases have already ended in cogeneration, that is, the production capacity is so high that they can sell to the public network.

The sugar sector became a source of energy more than eight years ago, today it has five alcohol distilleries in which more than US$180 million have been invested to date, according to Asocaña, positioning Colombia as the third largest producer in Latin America. after Brazil and Argentina with 390 million liters per year.