Chile is still recovering from a disastrous political history, including the US-backed coup that ousted Salvador Allende and installed the murderous Augusto Pinochet. But now the US is supporting renewable energy in Chile. (Shh! Don't let Trump know about it.)
Energy in Chile — Wikipedia
Chile's total primary energy supply (TPES) was 36.10 Mtoe [million tonnes of oil equivalent] in 2014.[1] Energy in Chile is dominated by fossil fuels, with coal, oil and gas accounting for 73.4% of the total primary energy. Biofuels and waste account for another 20.5% of primary energy supply, with the rest sourced from hydro and other renewables.[1]
Electricity consumption was 68.90 TWh in 2014. Main sources of electricity in Chile are hydroelectricity, gas, oil and coal. Renewable energy in the forms of wind and solar energy are also coming into use, encouraged by collaboration since 2009 with the United States Department of Energy.
Electricity sector in Chile
Chile surpasses 5 GW of renewables capacity in June. Solek Group PV park in Chile. Source: ABB (www.abb.com). June 29 (Renewables Now) - Chile's non-conventional renewable energy (NCRE) power plants reached 5,017 MW of net installed capacity in June 2019, up from 4,949 MW registered a month earlier.Jul 29, 2019
Chile surpasses 5 GW of renewables capacity in June
Jan 8, 2019 - January 8 (Renewables Now) – Solar photovoltaic (PV) power will reach a 9.4% share in Chile's power mix in 2019, replacing natural gas as ...
October 30, 2019 / 3:08 AM / 6 months ago ... Chile, July 1, 2019. Cerro Dominador Solar Power Plant/Handout via REUTERS. Chile, readying to host a major ...
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Aug 8, 2019 - Solar accounts for the biggest share of non-hydro renewable energy ... According to 'Chile Power Market Outlook to 2030, Update 2019 ...
Investing in renewables: Chile's success story - Enel.com
Find out why Chile is a model for decarbonisation, thanks to investments in renewable energy. It is even hosting the COP25 ... Published on Monday, 14 October 2019 ... The top spot in the renewable energy market. “There is no Planet B. We ...
Policy
A quota obligation is Chile's main support scheme for renewable electricity. The 2008 Non-Conventional Renewable Energy Law (Law 20257) set an initial quota of 5% renewable electricity in 2014 to be increased in 0.5% yearly increments until 2024.
In 2015, the Ministry of Energy of Chile published National Energy Policy ... value-maximising integration of variable renewable energy into the electricity system.
Figure 10: Chile renewable energy capacity net additions, 2012-2018 .............. 7 ... aided by a liberalized power market and strong policy support. In the next ...
Sep 13, 2019 - To this is added a long-term energy policy, the reduction of the costs of renewable technologies, a greater awareness of the consumers ...
Oct 30, 2019 - Policy Makers' Perspectives on the Expansion of Renewable Energy Sources in Chile's. Electricity Auctions
Jul 9, 2018 - Chile's share of renewable energy has tripled in the past five years. Maximiliano Proaño takes a look at the policy behind this massive growth…
En español
Chile es el primer país de América Latina en entregar la actualización de su compromiso de reducción de emisiones y medidas para enfrentar el cambio climático
(Chile is the first country in Latin America to deliver an update on its commitment to reduce emissions and measures to tackle climate change)
El Gobierno de Chile hizo entrega oficial de la actualización de su Contribución Determinada a Nivel Nacional a la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático, una obligación establecida por el Acuerdo de París, que contiene los compromisos para reducir sus emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero a 2030 y enfrentar los impactos del cambio climático.
La generación solar en el norte de Chile puede ser 70 veces superior al consumo interno de electricidad del país
Yes. Solar resources 70 times Chile's current consumption of electricity.
Chile y Alemania analizan los beneficios económicos del hidrógeno verde: Durante el encuentro, organizado por la Cámara Chileno Alemana de Comercio e Industria y en el que participaron autoridades de ambos países, se realizaron importantes anuncios tanto del sector público como privado para fortalecer el estudio y las aplicaciones con este sector energético, beneficiando a ambos países.
The first grid storage system in Chile was the work of Yetming Chiang of MIT, inventor of the first lithium-iron-phosphorus rechargeable batteries and founder of A123 Systems. They also supplied the batteries for the One Laptop Per Child XO back in 2007. OLPC bragged that their batteries, if not recycled, would decay to fertilizer. I talked to a number of recycling companies back then who wanted those contracts—millions of identical computers per year that could be disassembled into monochrome pieces of plastic that didn't have to be downcycled to mud brown, plus batteries with no toxic metals.