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Engie Chile launches USD 310-million Libélula hybrid plant—151 MWp solar array and 199 MW battery—to power 120 000 homes and advance its 3.5-GW roadmap.

Latin American power business AES Andes SA claimed that it has marketed a 49% risk in its renewable energy affiliate in Chile to money manager Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) for USD 441 million (EUR 373.5 m).

Portfolio Guanaco II is the fund's second in the nation

NextEnergy Capital is announcing 2 solar PV acquisitions as part of its 3rd institutional solar fund, NextPower III ESG.

See Team Peak Evolution conquer Ojos del Salado volcano with their solar-powered truck! Witness the world record breaking mission with 10.7 kW solar modules and two 120 kW electric motors. Gebrüder Weiss is providing logistical support for this challenging venture.

Colbún has actually requested authorization to construct a 788 MW solar project in Chile's north area of Antofagasta.

Highview Power, an international leader in long duration power storage services, has actually entered into a joint endeavor contract with Energia Latina S.A.-Enlasa, the biggest back-up power generation company in Chile, to co-develop giga-scale cryogenic energy storage projects in Chile and also various other Latin American markets.

The World Climate Summit in Santiago de Chile, set to be held in just a few weeks, has just been cancelled. Against a background of social protests in the country, concerns have recently grown as to whether logistics and security could be guaranteed for the event. Nevertheless, social problems and environmental protection must not be played off against each other: Both are closely linked to the economic paradigms of recent decades.

Chile's energy regulator and grid operator have criticized incentives for small plants, but lenders welcomed BlackRock's April deal for its competitive return on equity and low risk in a ESG-focused market.

ContourGlobal orders 3GWh of CATL battery storage—526 liquid-cooled containers—powering Scotland, Greece and Chile projects, aligning delivery timelines with its pipeline.

Sungrow has a contract with Bouygues Energies & Services to provide inverter solutions for 2 of the biggest subsidy-free solar farms in the UK.

Spanish renewables company Opdenergy Holding SA (BME: OPDE) booked a net profit of EUR 11.1 million (USD 11.6 m) for the nine-month period finished September 30, up from an EUR-8.8-million loss for the very same timespan a year back, it said in its incomes record on Tuesday.

Fontus Renewables picked the firm to carry out the EPC and also O&M contracts for 8 projects

Colbun and Polpaico Soluciones are constructing the largest self-consumption solar plant in Chile, equipped with 15,000 bifacial solar modules and trackers. The 9.9-MWp project will generate 21.5 GWh of electricity annually from 2024. Efizity is building and operating the solar farm, to complement their 2018 renewable power agreement.