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Luis Ini pv magazine editor

Luis Ini pv magazine editor

Luis Ini

luis.ini@pv-magazine.com

Articles written by Luis Ini

Grid-scale

Engie breaks ground on 995 MWh solar-plus-storage Chilean project The site, now in its initial construction phase, will be the company's first energy project in the Santiago Metropolitan Region.

May 22, 2025

Tenders

Argentina publishes details of 500 MW battery tender The AlmaGBA Storage tender, for the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires (AMBA), will pay a fixed $10/MW of electricity supplied and energy storage capacity bids must have a maximum cost of $15,000/MW/month.

May 22, 2025

Tenders

Honduras courts China for 975 MW renewables, energy storage tender Dozens of Chinese power companies have seen a presentation of Honduras' rescue plan for its electricity industry as the government preps a 1.5 GW tender.

May 14, 2025

Policy

Latin America ‘needs modern grid infrastructure, stable regulation, and pro-investment policy’ Atlas Renewable Energy recently inaugurated the 200 MW/800 MWh 'BESS Del Desierto' project in Chile's Antofagasta region days after closing $510 million to build the 215 MW solar plus 418 MW/1,672 MWh BESS Estepa site. pv magazine spoke with Alfredo Solar, Atlas' regional manager for Chile, about those milestones, the state of the sector, and LatAm's renewables prospects.

May 13, 2025

Finance

Loan for Guatemalan renewables, energy storage minigrids The minigrids, and individual solar-plus-storage systems, form part of a Rural Electrification Access Program planned by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

May 05, 2025

Grid-scale

Chile inaugurates its largest standalone battery energy storage project Developer Atlas Renewable Energy has inaugurated the 800 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) plant in María Elena commune, in the Antofagasta region.

Apr 29, 2025

Grid-scale

Chile already halfway to 2 GW energy storage target The Ministry of Energy says 954 MW of energy storage sites were operational last month with another four sites undergoing testing, 12 under construction, and 37 having submitted requests for environmental permits.

Apr 28, 2025

Grid-scale

Metlen sells 1.61 GWh of Chilean batteries as part of storage and solar portfolio The battery energy storage systems (BESS) are under construction and their completion, due this year, will close the $815 million sale.

Apr 25, 2025

Grid-scale

Colbún chooses e-Storage for 912 MWh battery project in Chile Canadian Solar's e-Storage division secured the supply deal from Chilean utility Colbún for the Atacama-based project. Construction is slated to begin in June with the site to be operational in December 2026.

Apr 24, 2025

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