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Spanish renewables developer Grenergy Renovables SL (BME: GRE) claimed on Thursday it had authorized 2 power purchase contracts (PPAs) to provide around 240 GWh of solar power annually to a utility in Chile.

Global independent power manufacturer (IPP) Sonnedix Power Holdings Ltd said on Wednesday that it has actually settled the acquisition of Chile-based peer Arco, a platform with 290 MW wind and solar projects in the country.

Japanese renewable power developer Eurus Energy Holdings Corp introduced on Thursday that 18 MW of its Chilean solar projects were chosen to receive financial backing by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment.

Chile produced 31.8% of its power in August from renewable resources, Chilean energy commission CNE stated in the latest report on the industry.

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Spanish solar power developer Solarpack has actually signed a concession agreement with Ecuador's power and mining ministry for the 200-MW El Aromo solar farm it is due to construct and also operate in the South American country.

The solar power project has created an investment of around EUR 80 million. The renewable resource player has developed the Pedranopolis plant using about 210,000 solar power panels and 3,750 Soltec SFOne trackers.

Renewables firm Enel Green Power Chile stated on Wednesday that it has obtained a permit to begin business procedure of its 161-MW Sol de Lila solar farm situated in the Chilean region of Antofagasta.

Brazilian electrical power distributor Energisa SA (BVMF: ENGI11) revealed just recently that it has actually gotten the consent from power sector regulator Aneel to turn on 70 MWp of solar power plants.

UK-Chilean joint venture (JV) Highview Enlasa on Thursday protected the ecological approval to construct a 50-MW/600-MWh liquid air energy storage (LAES) center in Chile's area of Atacama, according to public records uploaded on the Chilean environmental agency's web service.

Colombian power producer as well as merchant Isagen SA ESP will quickly begin constructing a 100-MW solar farm in Sabanalarga, a community in Colombia's department of Atlantico, the firm revealed in a press release last week.

Spanish integrated solar PV platform Enerside Energy SA (BME: ENRS) stated on Monday that it has actually signed contracts to develop 75 MW of solar projects for third parties in Spain and Chile.

Chile awarded a total amount of 777 GWh/year of new generation backed by 3 various new renewable projects, of which the Zaldivar Project will account for 16 per cent. The Zaldivar Project is anticipated to displace greater than 263,000 lots of CO2 emissions each year.

A subsidiary of Brazilian utility Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais SA (BVMF: CMIG4), better called Cemig, has signed design, purchase and building (EPC) contracts for 155 MW of solar projects in the state of Minas Gerais.

Latin American utility group Enel Colombia has started building a 132.2-MW (straight existing) solar farm in the Magdalena department of Colombia, launching a project that secured a long-lasting power purchase agreement (PPA) in the Colombian government's renewable energy auction in 2021.