Featured in The sun Down Under – 11-2012

Faith and financing

Chile: In October, pv magazine attended the inauguration of Chiles biggest PV plant. At 1.4 MW, the project may seem trivial compared to the large-scale plants in operation across the globe. However, for Chile it represents the start of what will hopefully become a burgeoning solar industry. That is, if the faith and financing hurdles can be overcome.

By

Becky Beetz

01 Nov 2012

Loud, fast, foot tapping Spanish music blasts out from the sound system as the traditional dancers whirl around in their colorful costumes, hats swaying precariously under the heat, which beats down on a group of VIPs, businessmen, journalists and local community members clustered together under a tent in the Atacama desert. Shortly before the dancing …

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