Juan Carlos Jobet

The partnership is expected to enable Chile to store as well as deliver up to 1,563 MWh daily of energy to the system. This indicates preventing greater than 200,000 tons of CO2 discharges each year, the equivalent of getting rid of more than 80,000 personal vehicles from the streets of Chile.

Sonnedix Power Holdings Ltd on Sunday officially inaugurated its 170-MW solar farm in Chile in the visibility of Chilean head of state Sebastian Pinera, energy minister Juan Carlos Jobet as well as Tarapaca local authorities.

Getting capacity from solar projects in establishing economic climates got to 325GW in 2019, with China as well as India the greatest arising markets for tidy power financial investment, according to new findings from BloombergNEF (BNEF).

Enthusiastic proposals to increase environment-friendly hydrogen production in Chile and South Australia have been introduced this week, as both look to capitalize growing supplies of renewables to help decarbonise their economic situations and also meet eco-friendly energy targets.

AES Gener is including 253 MW of renewable energy and also 112 MW of battery storage space right into the nationwide electrical power system of Chile.

Chile is home to a massive 10.3 million tons of lithium reserves, most of which is found in the Atacama Desert in the northern part of the country. With some of the highest solar irradiation levels on Earth, this region also boasts the perfect conditions for generating solar power. Developments in the photovoltaic market, alongside implementation of more efficient energy storage systems, are positioning Chile as a regional leader in this field. So what does the future hold for battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Chile, and what obstacles lie in their way?