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Chart showing yearly curtailed solar PV and wind capacity in Chile between 2016 and 2024

Chile curtailed 6TWh of solar PV and wind power in 2024

January 13, 2025
Chile has curtailed a record 5,909GWh of solar PV and wind power in 2024, up 121% from the previous year, according to trade body, the Chilean renewable energy and energy storage association (ACERA).
Service provider company RES has secured an O&M contract for a solar PV plant in Chile

RES secures O&M contract at 400MW solar PV plant in Chile

January 9, 2025
Service provider company RES has secured a contract to provide operations and maintenance (O&M) work at a 400MW solar PV plant in Chile.
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Grenergy sells first three phases of Oasis de Atacama project, secures financing for phase three

December 18, 2024
The sale of the three phases represents 23% of the capacity of the Oasis de Atacama solar-plus-storage project.
Metlen and Chilean delegates at the inauguration of a solar PV plant

Metlen powers 394MW Chilean solar PV plants

December 13, 2024
With a combined capacity of 394MW, the Tocopilla (227MW) and Tamarico (167MW) are located in the northern regions of Antofagasta and Atacama
Solar-plus-storage project in Antofagasta, Chile
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Building solar PV without storage in Chile is financially inviable

October 25, 2024
Solar PV in Chile is facing a twofold issue: the curtailment of generation and the reduction of income due to low prices of electricity.
Solar-plus-storage project in Antofagasta, Chile

AES Andes commissions 211MW solar-plus-storage plant in Chile

October 24, 2024
Utility AES Andes has started commercial operation on a 211MW solar PV and 130MW BESS project in Antofagasta, Chile.
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Chile curtailed 3.4TWh of renewable capacity up to September 2024

October 16, 2024
Estimates for the whole of 2024, taking into account the numbers of 2023, would put curtailments of renewables at over 4.5TWh, said ACERA.
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Grenergy acquires 1GW solar PV and 1GW energised line in Chile

September 23, 2024
The 1GW PV portfolio and energised line acquisition in Chile will double the solar capacity of Grenergy's Oasis de Atacama project.
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Generadora Metropolitana begins commercial operation at 480MW Chile PV plant

May 20, 2024
The 480MW CEME1 PV project in Chile has started commercial operation, and is the country’s largest solar project by capacity.
Generadora Metropolitana energised the substation of Chile's largest solar PV plant, CEME1 with 480MW capacity

Generadora Metropolitana to power 480MW PV plant, Chile’s ‘largest’

March 18, 2024
Chilean energy developer Generadora Metropolitana, owned by French utility EDF and Chilean independent power producer AME, has started the energisation process of a 480MW solar PV plant in Chile.

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