More than 3.4 GWh of Chilean batteries enter environmental assessment

Three standalone BESS with a total of more than 2.8 MWh of energy storage capacity were submitted for environmental assessment in Chile in the space of a week. Further three co-located BESS added another 630 MWh of electricity storage capacity.

Sphera Development’s $255 million, 381 MW/1,906 MWh Kanut Energy Storage System, in the city of La Ligua in the Petorca province of the Valparaíso region would have a planned start date of Sep. 1, 2027.

The $157.5 million, 120 MW/922.76 MWh Melipilla BESS Energy Storage System, from Sungrow El Arroyo, would have an estimated start date of Aug. 1, 2026 in the Melipilla commune of the Metropolitan region.

The $225 million Polpaico BESS Energy Storage System, from Jinko Power Chile II, has a nominal power capacity of 300 MW and would have a scheduled start date of Nov. 23, 2026, in the Til Til commune of Chacabuco province, also in Metropolitan.

Metlen Group is planning a 90 MW/541.44 MWh BESS as part of its $130 million Hemera BESS Photovoltaic Park with Storage, in the Río Claro and San Rafael commune of Talca province, in the Maule region. The site would have a start date of March 1, 2026.

ParsoSy Magec’s $85 million La Estancilla Solar Park with Storage project would feature a 250 MW/45 MWh BESS in the Llay Llay commune of San Felipe province, Valparaíso, and would have a start date of June 1, 2027.

The $26.66 million Sol de la Virgen Photovoltaic Plant with Storage site planned by Solarig Development Chile in the Andacollo commune of Elqui province, in the Coquimbo region, would feature a BESS with a 44.1 MWh storage capacity and would have a planned start date of Jan. 1, 2027.

From pv magazine LatAm.