The 60/40 joint venture of Irish energy firm Mainstream Renewable Power and Actis, Aela Energia, has switched on its 170 MW Sarco wind project located in Freirina, Huasco province in the region of Atacama, Chile.
The facility consists of 50 wind turbines of 3.4 MW each. A 71 km transmission line, with 198 towers, a 220kV circuit, is also being built as part of the project, which will transport the energy produced from the wind farm to the Maitencillo substation.
In February, the company has completed the 71-kilometre (44.12 miles) transmission line that connects the wind farm to the Maitencillo substation, from where electricity flows to the grid.
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April 08, 2019
Elecnor to build 10 MW wind project in Chile
Elecnor has won the contract to build a wind farm in the Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica Region of Chile, around 20 km north of the city of Punta Arenas (Cabo Negro), for the Vientos Patagóni...
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April 04, 2019
Mainstream Renewable Power awarded environmental permit for Puelche Sur wind park
Mainstream Renewable Power has been awarded environment approval from Chile's Environmental Evaluation Service (SEA) of the Environmental Impact Evaluation for its planned 153 MW Puelche Sur...
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April 03, 2019
Sonnedix seeks planning permit for 175 MW Meseta de Los Andes solar project
Chilean environmental evaluation service SEA has received the environmental impact assessment (EIA) from Sonnedix Chile Holding SpA as the company seeks development permit for its 175.54 MWp...
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March 26, 2019
Building Energy commenced operation of 8.2 MW Queule solar project in Chile
Building Energy has completed the started the commercial operation of its Queule solar photovoltaic project located in the municipality of Las Cabras, in the region of O'Higgins, Chile. ...
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March 11, 2019
Chile's local Environmental Assessment Commission grants permit to three solar PV projects
Environmental Assessment Commission of Antofagasta has granted approval for the development of three solar energy farms in the Chilean region. Usya (64 MW), Verano de San Juan I (9 MW), and Pampa Tig...
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