Canada’s Innergex Renewable Energy Inc inaugurated a battery energy storage system (BESS) located alongside its 68-MW Salvador solar farm in Chile. The project required an investment of US$75 million. Source: Renewables Now
Power producer, EDF, filed for an environmental impact study (EIS) for a 557-MW wind, solar, BESS hybrid project in Chile’s Antofagasta. Source: Renewables Now
Finnish renewables investor, Korkia, and Chilean developer, Ciudad Luz formed a joint venture to develop 500 MW of solar, wind, hybrid, and storage projects in Chile over the span of four years. Source: Renewables Now
Walmart Chile opened a green hydrogen system at its distribution center in Santiago. The US$15 million project is the first of its kind in Latin America. Source: Renewables Now
Chile’s Ministry of Energy announced they are currently in talks with stakeholders to develop a new decarbonization plan in an effort to close all coal-fired power plants by 2030. Source: Renewables Now
