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Latin America’s Largest Solar Plant Being Constructed by SunEdison
SunEdison is constructing a 100MW solar photovoltaic power plant in Chile for the mining and steel group CAP. The plant, which will be located in the Atacama Desert of Chile, will be the largest of its sort in the Latin American region and one of the largest in the world. It will produce as much [...]
Latin America: The New Solar Hotbed?
High electricity costs (both wholesale and retail), rumors of government tenders, and significant price declines of photovoltaic equipment have attracted a rush of solar development in Latin America and the Caribbean. At the start of 2013, more than 10 gigawatts of large-scale projects have been announced in the region, but just 91 megawatts are currently [...]
First Solar Buys Solar Chile
Over the past year or so First Solar has rededicated itself to expanding in markets where solar can compete more cost effectively with other forms of energy. One of those markets, apparently is Chile. Yesterday the integrated thin-film PV manufacturer and project developer announced that it purchased Solar Chile, solar developer with a 1.5 gigawatt [...]
In Focus: Chile’s Solar Market
Chile is emerging as a possible hub for solar energy development. Green Power Conferences will host its first Chilean renewable energy congress in Santiago this fall in order to bring solar businesses and investors together in a country with growing potential. “Our clients are all very interested in the Chilean renewables market,” said Jo-Anne Duff, [...]
Chile to Build Its First Large Solar Facility
In Chile, solar energy project developer Solarpack Corporación Tecnológica and state-owned Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco), theworld’s leading copper producer, say they will build the country’s first utility-scale solar power plant in northern Chile, an area with highpotential for solar energy generation. The 1-megawatt facility (enough to power 5,000 households) will beused exclusively [...]
Chile’s Plans for a Renewable Future
The worst economic slump since the Great Depression has sent a ripple through economies worldwide. Chile has been no exception. Battered by falling exports and weaker mineral prices, its tradesurplus shrunk 42% in the first half of this year. But despite therecent gloom, Chile remains the region’s strongest and most stableeconomy with robust GDP growth [...]