Chile

Chile’s Sociedad Agrícola y Servicios Isla de Pascua (SASIPA) has kicked off a 3 MW/2 MWh tender for the first solar-plus-storage project on Easter Island.

Amid significant environmental concern about the impact of more widespread lithium mining, various methods of extracting the battery material from brine could offer a cleaner solution – and reignite a historic Cornish industry.

A coalition of three renewables associations in Chile have released a joint statement expressing “deep concern and opposition” to the Chilean government’s proposals to reduce income for distributed generation.

There are currently more than 3.9 GW of photovoltaic power under construction in the country. Nearly 70% of Chile’s electricity generation in June was renewable, and solar energy accounted for 15% of monthly generation.

The PFV Las Salinas stages 1, 2 and 3, which totals 205 MW, will operate jointly with the 112 MW Sierra Gorda Este wind farm and will be the largest industrial-scale hybrid renewable generation center in the country, according to Enel.

Madrid-headquartered independent power producer (IPP) Grenergy has reached financial close on the first two phases of its Oasis de Atacama solar and battery energy storage hybrid project in Chile.

Chilean researchers from Universidad Mayor say that the 10.8 MW La Colonia photovoltaic plant, built by IM2 Solar Chile and Enel Green Power, provides a habitat for birds.

Chilean President Gabriel Boric complained that the solar array installed on a military base in Argentine Patagonia were located three meters inside Chilean territory. “They must remove those solar panels as soon as possible or we are going to do it,” he warned. The Argentine government recognized the error.

Colombia, Brazil, and Chile lead the hydrogen market in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to new data presented by Hinicio and New Energy at the recent 4th Hydrogen Congress for Latin America and the Caribbean (H2LAC 2024).

Chilean utility Colbún has unveiled plans for a massive pumped storage hydropower project in northern Chile. The facility will use desalinated water from the Pacific Ocean to store energy and use it when it’s most needed.