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German renewables developer Blue Elephant Energy has acquired a 120MWp Chilean solar PV portfolio, expanding its presence in the country to 281MW.

French renewables developer Akuo Energy and managing asset company Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure have closed the financing of a Chilean solar PV portfolio.

Latin America-focused renewables developer EnfraGen has entered into EPC contracts with Chilean developer Verano Energy to build eight solar PV plants in Chile.

PV Tech Premium explores Chile's distributed generation market, examining its importance to the country's deployment as well as grid constraint issues.

Financial company Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking has lead the financing of a 360MWdc Chilean PV portfolio with US$360 million.

Chilean PV developer Verano Energy has acquired 15 solar projects in Chile totally 116MW for an undisclosed amount, bringing its total project pipeline in the country to over 1.5GW.

Swiss fund manager SUSI Partners is acquiring a portfolio of more than 200MW of distributed solar PV and wind assets in Chile, marking its first investment in Latin America.

Sonnedix and French financier Natixis have closed senior financing facilities to bring forward up to 100MWp of solar in Chile.

Martin Libra, Head of LATAM at Prothea, an independent advisory boutique providing advisory and asset management services in the renewable energy sector, explains the chances opening up in the Chilean wind and solar market, which can now be considered a pioneer in the grid parity trend that is currently developing in Southern Europe.

Canada-based Investment firm Connor, Clark & Lunn Infrastructure (CC&L Infrastructure) and developer CarbonFree Technology have agreed to acquire 15 ground-mount solar PV projects currently under construction in Chile with a combined capacity of 65MW from an unnamed developer.