Chile to build a hybrid power complex with a capacity of more than 1 GW

The Spanish energy holding Grupo Ibereólica Renovables will build a hybrid energy complex in Chile as part of a solar and wind power plant with a total capacity of 1,171 GW, according to Ecotown.

The energy holding has already started the environmental qualification procedure.

The power complex will include a solar power plant with a capacity of 675 MW, a wind power plant with a capacity of 496 MW, as well as two transformer substations 33/500 kV and a 500 kV transmission line for supplying the electricity generated by the power complex to the national energy system. The total cost of the project is estimated at $874 million.

Wind generates 7% (2.1 GW) of installed generation capacity in Chile. In 2020, the country achieved 20% of renewable electricity in the energy balance – a target that the National Energy Commission (CNE) approved in 2013 at the legislative level for the period until 2025.

The last coal station in Chile will be closed until 2022.

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