Pacific Hydro submits an environmental permit for the planned development of a solar photovoltaic plant in the Atacama Desert in Chile.
The Central Desierto de Atacama project will have a generating capacity of 293 MW from an initial design of 120 MWp. It will consist of up to 518,904 solar modules built on 394 hectares of land in the commune of Tierra Amarilla.
Pacific Hydro, owned by China’s State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC), plans to invest up to US$300 million for the project.
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April 06, 2021
Vinci to acquire ACS’ energy business
VINCI has signed an agreement to acquire ACS’s energy business. The deal consists in: most of the ACS Industrial Services’ contracting business. With a workforce of around 45,000 emplo...
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February 26, 2021
Cox Energy to start construction of 308 MW El Sol de Vallenar solar complex in Atacama Region
Cox Energy America will begin in the second half of 2021 the construction of the Sol de Vallenar photovoltaic project, which has a capacity of 308 MWp and is located in the Atacama Desert (Chile), one...
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February 26, 2021
Mainstream energises substation for 145 MW Rio Escondido Solar Park in Copiapó
Mainstream’s first solar farm in Latin America, Río Escondido, has been connected to its transmission network. The first power flowed from a new substation on the northern Chile site, al...
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February 19, 2021
SMA to supply inverter solution for 220 MW Diego de Almagro Sur solar project in Atacama Desert
SMA is supplying 46 Medium Voltage Power Station for the 220 megawatt Diego de Almagro Sur PV power plant in the Atacama Desert in Chile. The project will see South American power generation company C...
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February 18, 2021
Repsol Ibereólica Renovables Chile signs power purchase agreement for its Atacama wind power project
Repsol Ibereólica Renovables Chile, a company jointly owned by Repsol and the Ibereólica Renovables Group, with 50% each, has signed a 14-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for its Atac...
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