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Service provider company RES has secured a contract to provide operations and maintenance (O&M) work at a 400MW solar PV plant in Chile.

The sale of the three phases represents 23% of the capacity of the Oasis de Atacama solar-plus-storage project.

With a combined capacity of 394MW, the Tocopilla (227MW) and Tamarico (167MW) are located in the northern regions of Antofagasta and Atacama

Solar PV in Chile is facing a twofold issue: the curtailment of generation and the reduction of income due to low prices of electricity.

Utility AES Andes has started commercial operation on a 211MW solar PV and 130MW BESS project in Antofagasta, Chile.

Estimates for the whole of 2024, taking into account the numbers of 2023, would put curtailments of renewables at over 4.5TWh, said ACERA.

The 1GW PV portfolio and energised line acquisition in Chile will double the solar capacity of Grenergy's Oasis de Atacama project.

The 480MW CEME1 PV project in Chile has started commercial operation, and is the country’s largest solar project by capacity.

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.

Czech solar developer Solek has started building a 95.2MW solar plant in San Antonio, Chile, it’s largest PV project so far.