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Luis Ini pv magazine editor

Luis Ini

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Grid-scale

Engie Chile activates 418 MWh battery on former diesel site The French-owned developer says it has obtained National Electric Coordinator (CEN) authorization for the energy storage system in the Antofagasta region.

Feb 05, 2025

Grid-scale

More than 3.4 GWh of Chilean batteries enter environmental assessment Six applications for standalone and solar-linked battery energy storage systems (BESS) were submitted for environmental permits from Jan. 23 to Jan. 30.

Jan 31, 2025

Finance

Energy storage corporate funding nears $20bn in 2024 Mercom Capital Group reported the second highest annual funding result for energy storage sector, after 2022. Venture capital backing fell 60% from 2023 but debt and public sector financing went up by 65% year-on-year.

Jan 23, 2025

Grid-scale

Colbún starts construction of 912 MWh Tesla battery in Chile The $260 million, Tesla Megapack-based site, in the Arica and Parinacota region, should begin operation in mid 2026.

Jan 20, 2025

Grid-scale

Chile inaugurates its first transmission-connected battery storage project Electric utility Sociedad Austral de Electricidad Sociedad Anónima (Saesa Group) says its site, in the Araucanía region, can power around 2,500 homes for ten hours.

Jan 13, 2025

Policy

Chile has 15 GW of energy storage under environmental permitting The Chilean Association of Renewable Energy and Storage (Acera) says 3 GW of energy storage projects have gotten off the ground and another 15 GW are at the environmental permitting stage.

Jan 09, 2025

Grid-scale

Colombia’s first solar energy storage system operational Energy company Celsia has installed the 1 MW/2 MWh system at the Celsia Solar Palmira 2 PV farm in Valle del Cauca.

Dec 20, 2024

Finance

Grenergy sells stake in Chile’s Oasis de Atacama project for close to billion dollars The portfolio sold to independent power producer (IPP) ContourGlobal includes 451 MW of solar and 2.5 GWh of storage.

Dec 19, 2024

Grid-scale

600 MWh of BYD batteries arrive for Chile’s Oasis de Atacama solar-plus-storage site Spanish company Grenergy has announced the 105 batteries that will complete construction of phase 1 of the seven-stage project have arrived at the Chilean port of Iquique.

Dec 13, 2024

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