Chile's renewables grow share to 31.8% in Sept

Oct 29, 2021 03:14 PM ET
  • Chile produced 2,077 GWh of its electricity with non-conventional renewable resource resources in September, or 40.9% more than in the exact same month in 2020, according to the most up to date figures launched by Chilean power compensation CNE.

In month-on-month terms, generation from renewables rose by 14.8%. This boost in output assisted renewables raise their share in the complete power manufacturing to 31.8% in September from 25.7% in August.

Gross generation by all major systems with each other got to 6,531 GWh, down by 7.3% month-on-month, however up 5.9% on the year.

Information on the production from renewables can be seen in the table listed below:

Technology: Gross production in GWh: Month-on-month change: Year-on-year change: Share in September:
Biomass 149 -12.9% 6.5% 7.2%
Wind 766 16.3% 59.1% 36.9%
Solar PV 949 26.3% 43.2% 45.7%
Solar CSP 17 514.6% N.A. 0.8%
Small run-of-river hydro 167 15.4% -3.3% 8.0%
Geothermal 29 -10.2% 58.9% 1.4%

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