Largest solar power stations in Chile

Top biggest solar photovoltaic power stations in Chile.

(Updated 16 July 2021)

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Solar power stations, PV farms 2021 in Chile

Solar power in Chile

Chile has decided to use its abundant sun and wind to phase out coal-fired power by 2040 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Chile generated roughly 7 percent of its electricity from solar power in 2018. Its PV capacity was 2137 megawatt and it increased to 3104 megawatts by July 2020 with yet another 2801 Megawatt to be added recently. The photovoltaic plant's construction began in January 2015, and it began its operation in June 2016 with 160 Megawatt of panels, making it Chile's largest solar plant at the time. Northern Chile has the world's greatest solar incidence.  Chile's Ministry of Energy unveiled its "Roadmap to 2050: A Sustainable and Inclusive Strategy" in October 2015, which calls for solar energy to provide 19 percent of the country's electricity by 2050.

El Romero Photovoltaic Plant

This plant, which has been functional since late 2016, reflects ACCIONA's successful completion of a tremendous logistical and technological challenge: to build a plant in the Atacama Desert capable of supplying renewable energy comparable to the electric demand of 240,000 houses. ACCIONA developed the world's largest solar plant in the Atacama desert between October 2015 and November 2016, and it had the highest capacity of any such plant in Latin America when it was finished. Its peak capacity of 246 MWp, generates enough electricity to power roughly 240,000 Chilean households. A total of 80 megawatts are needed to power Google's data center located in Chile.

Luz del Norte Plant

The Luz del Norte plant occupies 478 hectares and is located 58 kilometers northeast of Copiapó, Chile, is Latin America's largest photovoltaic (PV) solar power plant. This project will diversify Chile's energy portfolio and provide up to 370 construction jobs for 10 ongoing operations and maintenance jobs. More than 1.7 million First Solar innovative thin-film PV modules power the 141-megawatt alternating current plant, which produces sufficient solar energy to provide electricity to 174,000 homes and eliminate more than 185,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions annually. It's developed by First Solar.

Finis Terrae photovoltaic plant

It's in the Antofagasta Region, some 1,300 kilometers north of Santiago, in the municipality of Mara Elena. It can generate more than 400 GWh per year, enough to meet the energy demands of around 198,000 Chilean houses and prevent the release of more than 198,000 tons of CO2 into the atmosphere. The plant's energy is sent into the electrical grid via an 8-kilometer transmission line from the Encuentro substation in the Norte Grande Interconnected System (SING). Its construction started in 2015 and its operation started in 2016. Its capacity is 160 megawatt.

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