Chile’s energy regulator CNE has delayed its power auction to 25 July this year, in a move that should benefit renewable energy companies looking for certainty over transmission rules.
Chile’s National Center for Innovation and Development of Sustainable Energy (CIEDs) has launched a solar calculator to help consumers estimate potential cost savings from installing a solar PV system or solar thermal unit.
Chile's cumulative installed PV capacity reached 1,056MW at the end of February this year, up 43MW from the previous month, according to the latest figures from Chilean renewable energy research institute (CIFES).
Chile’s Environmental Evaluation Service (SEA) has given environmental approval to a 600MW solar PV project named Cielos de Tarapacá, which requires US$1 billion in investment, project Valhalla has confirmed.
The major connection between Chile’s Northernmost and Central grids, which will provide a larger market for the high concentration of solar PV in the country’s north, is expected to be complete by mid-2017, according to a leading industry figure.
Chile has streaked ahead of its Latin American rivals after becoming the first country in the region to surpass 1GW of installed solar capacity and brush off its classification as an ‘emerging market’. Tom Kenning assesses the country's prospects as it looks to go even further with renewable energy deployment.
Chile’s cumulative installed solar capacity has surpassed 1GW, according to the latest figures from Chilean renewable energy research institute (CIFES).
