Credit: RenewsIn an effort to strengthen their presence in the thriving renewable energy sector in Chile, Acciona plans to construct two wind farms and two solar projects, with a combined capacity of 400 MegaWatts, over the next four years. Construction is already underway on the 183MW San Gabriel wind farm, while the company plans to build the 87MW Tolpan Read More
Chilean copper miner Antofagasta is renegotiating its long-term energy contracts to increase renewables as the cost of solar and wind continues to fall, CEO Ivan Arriagada told Reuters. While some of the firm’s energy contracts won’t expire for another three to five years, they allow for renegotiation if market conditions change. Conditions have certainly been changing. Read More
A rendering of SolarReserve's 390 MW Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Likana Solar Project. Credit: SolarReserve. Chile is charging full speed ahead with advanced solar energy. The Chilean government recently granted environmental approval for the Likana Solar Energy Project, a new solar power station slated for the Antofagasta region of Chile. The Likana project will provide 390 Read More
Atacama Desert, Chile. Photo credit: ogwen [CC BY 2.0]. The world’s first 24/7 emissions-free "plug-and-play" commercial microgrid is now operational, according to a news release from Enel Green Power Chile. The system integrates 125kWp (kilowatt-peak) of solar power generation with 580 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of lithium-ion battery storage (132-kWh) and hydrogen energy storage (450-kWh) to supply part Read More
(Photo Credit: Ivan Alvarado, Reuters; Caption: Atacama salt flat - Rockwood lithium plant) Sonny Banjac, a Vancouver based renewable energy and clean-tech consultant, has recently posted an excellent series of three articles on the role of Lithium in the development of energy choices. The articles cover the likely demand for Lithium over the next couple of decades Read More
Chilean mining companies are looking to renegotiate energy contracts to include cheaper renewable power, Reuters reports. Chile's shift towards alternative energy is clearly visible amid increased use and continuously falling costs of renewables. “Industrial customers are reviewing their contracts, they are anticipating tenders, they are trying to seize the moment and take advantage of this buyer's market,” Juan Read More
Doña Inés de Collahuasi is the world’s second largest copper mine. The mine is located at an altitude of 4,000 to 4,800m and is located approximately 200 km from sea. In 2011-12 the mine released another tender for Solar PV with a PPA for 60 GWh/year which was won by the Spanish developer SolarPack who developed the 23.5 MWac Almonte Solar plant. Read More
Latin America’s mining operations use nearly 60% of the region’s existing solar PV production,
June 29, 2016 ---- Energy and Mines is delighted to announce the launch of its Energy and Mines World Congress in association with Lightsource Renewable Energy. The Congress will take place November 21-22 at the Hilton Toronto and will bring together an international audience of mining, renewables, government and finance experts. This is the 4th annual Read More
El mercado de las energías renovables se ha multiplicado al menos en los últimos dos años y la industria minera se ha alineado con su desarrollo debido a los menores costos que éstas les pueden significar, pero aún queda un camino por recorrer y una nueva normativa de transmisión que apunta a reducir precios y seguir Read More
