Chilean power carrier intends to construct 788 MW solar park

• Colbún has actually requested authorization to construct a 788 MW solar project in Chile's north area of Antofagasta.

Power carrier Colbún has actually gotten ecological authorization to construct the 788 MW Planta Fotovoltaica Inti Pacha project in Chile.

According to a file released by Chile's ecological analysis solution (SEA), the suggested project would certainly be integrated in the town of María Elena, Tocopilla district, in the Antofagasta area of north Chile.

The nuclear power plant would certainly be integrated in 3 various systems-- Inti Pacha 1 (IP1), Inti Pacha 2 (IP2) as well as Inti Pacha 3 (IP3). The scheduled financial investment for the project has actually been approximated at $788 million.

Colbún is among 4 electrical power manufacturers that comprise the Chilean Generators Association, along with Engie, Enel and also AES Gener. At the end of January 2018, the business concurred not to construct even more coal plants and also progressively close existing ones.

Chile had 2.76 GW of collective PV capability by the end of January. The nation additionally has 4.25 GW of renewable resource projects incomplete, of which around 55% are for solar projects.