MEXICO CITY, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Colombia's energy
ministry said on Tuesday it had received interest from nine
companies in an offshore wind power project and it expected
formal bids within the first six months of next year.
The companies include Colombian state oil firm Ecopetrol
ECO.CN and power firm Celsia CEL.CN , Spain's BlueFloat
Energy, Denmark's Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, Belgium's
Jan De Nul and DEME DEME.BR , China's Powerchina and China
Three Gorges 600905.SS and Britain's Dyna Energy, the ministry
said.
(Reporting by Luis Jaime Acosta; Editing by Chris Reese)
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