This milestone marks a pivotal moment in the country''s transition toward a sustainable and resilient energy future. The Desert BESS Project, developed by Atlas Renewable Energy,
BESS del Desierto, Chile and Latin America''s first large-scale stand-alone battery energy storage system (BESS), officially inaugurated on April 24 in María Elena,
Applications for Chile''s 13GWh programme are open until Thursday 23 May 2024. Image: Atlas Renewable Energy The Chilean Ministry of Energy has opened a public
Chile is now on track to become the second-largest battery market in the Americas, following the United States. As of this year, the Latin American nation has switched on 12 storage projects, with
With commercial operations expected by the end of 2026, Domeyko is one of Chile''s most innovative renewable energy projects, combining large-scale solar generation with
Chile Chile passed an energy storage and electromobility bill in late 2022, making stand-alone storage projects profitable for operators. However, the market is still awaiting new rules regarding a capacity payment for storage
It will also feature two battery storage systems with a 418 MW capacity, equivalent to four hours of energy generation. This will enable the project to supply clean
Chile will add a further 1 GW of capacity by 2026, with public land set aside by the government for energy storage projects in a reportedly imminent tender. The energy ministry spokesperson told Dialogue Earth that
Grenergy has started construction on the Oasis de Atacama project, a new battery energy storage system (BESS) in the north of Chile. It will be the world''s largest BESS project with a 4.1GWh storage and 1GW solar
In related standalone BESS Chilean news, DNV provided support to Atlas Renewable Energy''s 800MWh project in Antofagasta. Image: Atlas Renewable Energy
The first two phases of Latin America''s ''largest'' solar-plus-storage project, Oasis de Atacama, have been commissioned in Antofagasta, Chile. Announced by ContourGlobal, a subsidiary of investment firm KKR, the
Renewable energy company Atlas Renewable Energy has inaugurated its del Desierto battery energy storage system (BESS) in Chile, which they are calling one of the largest energy storage systems in Latin America.
A new initiative by the Chilean Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of National Assets is expected to cover storage projects with an aggregate capacity of 13 GWh, distributed
Chile has the potential to run exclusively on renewable generation, with an estimated energy mix of 46% solar, 31% wind, 12% hydroelectric, and 8% flexible natural gas
El Servicio de Evaluación Ambiental de Chile (SEA) ha admitido a trámite de evaluación la construcción y posterior operación del Sistema de Almacenamiento de Energía
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has approved a final investment decision and started construction of the Arena battery energy storage system (BESS) project, with the aim of supplying
This resulted in a surge in investment in the energy storage sector for standalone projects and a pipeline of more than 2GW of hybrid renewable energy projects co-located with solar and wind
Lessons Learned from Emerging Economies The Supercharging Battery Storage Initiative would like to thank all authors and organizations for their submissions to support this publication. This
Construction of the standalone project is expected to start in the first quarter of 2025 and powered as soon as Q1 2026, and will be one of the first projects of its kind to reach
Having launched a national storage strategy in 2023 that sets targets and aims to attract investment in the sector, and with a large pipeline of projects on the way, Chile''s installed storage capacity could soon overtake that
Atlas Renewable Energy has secured $510 million financing for the Estepa project. It is a hybrid solar photovoltaic and battery energy storage system (BESS) project
• Chile passed an Energy Storage Bill in late 2022 allowing standalone BESS to receive revenue both from arbitrage and from reserve capacity. The government promised to provide further
Flexen has put 1GW of standalone battery storage projects into the interconnection queue in Chile, the first of that scale, it claimed.
The current wave of excitement around Chile''s BESS market started in October 2022, when the Chilean government passed legislation that incentivised the deployment of energy storage. The
The Chilean authorities plan to hold the first procurement exercise for large-scale storage projects in 2024, with the first systems expected to go online in 2026.
In 2022, Chile passed an energy storage and electromobility bill, which made stand-alone storage projects profitable, but the market is still expecting new rules on capacity
Construction of the standalone project is expected to start in the first quarter of 2025 and powered as soon as Q1 2026, and will be one of the first projects of its kind to reach
In 2022, Chile passed an energy storage and electromobility bill, which made stand-alone storage projects profitable, but the market is still expecting new rules on capacity payment for storage
According to a December 2023 publication on the InvestChile website, the country had 23 approved energy storage projects with a total of 3,000 MW of capacity. Chile is exploring a variety of solutions to keep abreast of the changing energy demand landscape ranging from BESS to innovative projects using CO2.
“The project has issued the final notification for its execution and will be one of the first projects of this type to reach commercial operations in Chile,” the company said in a statement. The 220 MW/1.1 GWh site is CIP’s first energy storage project in Chile.
Chile is exploring a variety of solutions to keep abreast of the changing energy demand landscape ranging from BESS to innovative projects using CO2. In March 2024, BESS Coya, the largest battery-based energy storage system in Latin America, started operations.
