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Chile: 1.25 GWh battery storage project gets green light

The $300 million La Isla project will be located in the Valparaíso region.

By

Luis Ini

Nov 19, 2024

Chile’s environmental impact assessment system has approved the 250 MW/1.25 GWh Battery Energy Storage System – BESS La Isla project.

The La Isla facility will be located on a 5.6-hectare site in the commune of Llay Llay, in the province of San Felipe, Valparaíso region.

The $300 million project will capture electricity from the Río Aconcagua substation “or from another available future source,” according to planning documents, and will then inject it into the National Electric System (SEN).

La Isla will be equipped with lithium ferro-phosphate batteries housed in 312 shipping containers, each with a capacity of 4 MWh. The site will be integrated into the SEN via a 110 kV booster substation and a 583 m underground power line that will be connected to the Río Aconcagua substation.

With a useful life of 30 years, the estimated start date of construction for the project is November 2025.

From pv magazine LatAm.

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