Enel activates 61-MW solar plant in Chile

• Santiago-based electrical utility Enel Green Power Chile SA has actually gotten government authorization to commence commercial operations at the 60.9-MW Azabache solar energy plant in the north of the nation.

The local device of Italian energy major Enel SpA (BIT: ENEL) stated on Thursday the authorisation was granted by the National Electric Coordinator.

Situated on the grounds of Enel Green Power Chile's 90-MW Valle de los Vientos wind farm, near the city of Calama in the Atacama desert, Azabache is part of the very first hybrid industrial plant in the country.

With an overall of 154,710 bifacial panels, the photovoltaic or pv (PV) park is expected to feed some 184 GWh of power into the nationwide power grid per year and also offset some 135,000 tonnes of co2 (CO2) discharges yearly, Enel Chile's president, Fabrizio Barderi, said.

Currently, Enel Green Power Chile's portfolio consists of 564 MW of wind, 1,537 MW of solar, 92 MW of hydro as well as 81 MW of geothermal power.