Chile

Renewables make up a fifth of energy sources connected to Chile’s central grid

May 3, 2019

Chile’s National Energy Commission has published a report which highlighted that over a fifth of the country’s energy sources connected to the central grid are from clean renewable sources. The total installed capacity of renewable energy is of 4.884MW. In the sector of geothermal energy generation, 40MW are currently in testing phase, 120MW are in […]

License granted for geothermal project in Chile

April 24, 2019

The Chilean Energy Ministry has awarded a license for geothermal exploitation of the Peumayén concession in souther Chile to Transmark Chile SpA. Transmark Renewables is an international company specializing in the global development of geothermal energy, with presence in three continents. One of the regional centres of the company is in Chile. A license was […]

Bill sent to Chilean Congress to better geothermal concession system

March 25, 2019

The Chilean Minister for Energy, Susana Jiménez, announced a bill would be sent to the Chilean Congress to facilitate the development of geothermal projects. This is a clear signal from the Chilean Government of its commitment to geothermal and the benefits it brings in consistent and clean energy, and its aim to facilitate investment and […]

Potential for geothermal in Chile’s Magallan region

February 11, 2019

A recent international seminar has highlighted the potential for geothermal energy production in Chile’s Magallan region. With more than 1800 craters in the Pali Aike sector and remnants of thermal sources in the Skyring Seno, this volcanic region has clear geographical advantages for the generation of electricity through geothermal power. These findings were presented at […]

Chile to develop geothermal sector with international support

October 8, 2018

At a seminar organised by Chile’s Geothermal Council, the Minister for Energy, Ms. Susana Jiménez, announced her ministry’s collaboration with the World Bank and the IDB to develop the country’s geothermal sector. Their aim is to remove technological, market and regulatory barriers to “trigger in Chile the large-scale development of geothermal energy”. The project will […]

Chile inaugurates largest renewable energy control room in the country

September 20, 2018

Enel Chile just opened a ‘Renewables Control Room’ in its corporate offices, which remotely controls all the company’s renewable energy centres, a total of 4.7 GW of installed energy generation capacity. It is the only centre of its kind to integrate four renewable energy technologies: wind, hydroelectric, solar and geothermal. The project, developed over 4 […]

Enel Chile to add 30 MW to Cerro Pabellon

August 1, 2018

Enel Chile will be installing 600 MW of renewables sources in the country. The company has executed a three-layered plan. The first and second will see the development of a 380 MW solar park in the regions of Antofagasta and Atacama and a 100 MW wind park between the regions of Biobío and Araucanía. The […]

Chile has potential to attract US$ 20b in investments for geothermal

July 30, 2018

The Geothermal Roundtable of Chile has issued its final report which highlights the potential of creating over 3,800 MW of geothermal energy. Requested by the Geothermal Council of Chile and the Ministry of Energy, the report comes at the conclusion of 13 workshop sessions with the Geothermal Roundtable which were held during 2017. In terms […]

Canadian company forms JV with Chilean renewables firm

July 5, 2018

The Canadian company Innergex, has announced a joint venture partnership with the Chilean company Energia Llaima for 50% ownership of the company. Energia Llaima is a growing renewable firm located in the capital of Chile, Santiago. Energia Llaima owns interest in the 12MW Energía Coyanco hydro project and in the 34 MW solar thermal facility […]