Featured in Treasure Islands – 08-2024

Hybrid theory

The Chilean solar market is booming but as curtailment grows, a hybrid approach to generation is gaining ground. Storage project announcements are coming thick and fast as colocation with wind turbines offers cost efficiency and a smoother generation profile. Meanwhile, new capacity mechanism rules could take Chile one step closer to runaway battery growth.
Matthew Lynas
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Matthew Lynas

 Sometimes things just click. In Chile, market conditions appear perfectly poised for a step change in the number of hybrid projects that mix renewables technology. The timing couldn’t be better for a nation that’s grappling with a growing curtailment problem. Some 1,911 GWh of excess renewable electricity was curtailed in the first five months of …

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