Enel Green Power Chile, a unit of Enel Chile, has started the commercial operation of the 105.6 MW La Cabaña wind farm project which also incorporates a 34.3 MW battery energy storage system (BESS) using lithium batteries.
The entire project has a total investment of approximately US$190 million. The La Cabaña wind farm contemplates the installation of 22 wind turbines of 4.8 MW each. It will be installed in the municipality of Angol in the Araucanía Region of Chile.
Enel Chile is the largest power company by installed capacity which, following the closure of Bocamina's unit II, amounts to around 7.8 GW, including more than 5.8 GW from renewable energy, namely around 3.5 GW from hydro, over 1.5 GW from solar, 642 MW from wind and 69 MW from geothermal.
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