Mainstream cuts ribbon on 145-MW solar farm in Chile

• Ireland-based clean power producer Mainstream Renewable Power on Tuesday held a commencement event to note the opening of its 145-MW Rio Escondido solar farm in Chile.

Rio Escondido is the initial project from Mainstream's 1.3-GW Andes Renovables wind and solar energy system to start operation.

The solar farm is outfitted with over 436,000 PV panels spreading across a website in the commune of Tierra Amarilla, the Atacama area. The brand-new plant will certainly be capable of providing power to some 194,000 families, the company stated on Twitter.

Rio Escondido is part of the supposed 571-MW Condor portfolio, among 3 portfolios, or stages, within the larger Andes Renovables platform. Condor likewise includes the 157-MW Tchamma, the 185-MW Cerro Tigre and also the 84-MW Alena wind farms, every one of which were energised this summertime.

The Condor phase is being adhered to by the 630-MW Huemul wind and also solar portfolio, and also the 148.5-MW Copihue portfolio, which will certainly have a single wind farm.

As Andes Renovables approaches full commissioning in 2022, Mainstream introduced Nazca Renovables, recommending a new 1-GW batch of wind and solar projects in Chile. A few of the Nazca projects might be hybridised with power storage, the firm claimed.