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Operating and maintaining good relations

Solar O&M in Latin America: Every region across the world can lay claim to its own idiosyncrasies and preferences when it comes to doing business. Latin America is in a rather unique position, in that it combines a highly educated populace and a complex political and cultural history. The lessons learned from EDF Renewable Services’ Chilean experience are therefore valuable to know when entering Chile’s solar industry, writes Nicolas Rossel.

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pv magazine

07 Nov 2017

As large-scale PV plants began to appear in Chile around 2012, international IPPs have discovered the importance of local knowledge to operating PV plants on the Chilean grid.

The last two decades have seen an explosive growth of the solar photovoltaics industry around the world, with a large concentration of projects in the U.S., Europe, China, and Japan. As the PV industry continues to witness a steady decline in system costs, emerging markets are becoming increasingly relevant players in the industry, and opportunities …

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