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Chile tender sets new record low for wind, solar power generation tender

Chile tender sets new record low for wind, solar power generation tender

Tender is a 75% drop from peak of $130/MWh of 2013 tenders Verano Capital, an American project developer headquartered in Santiago, announced the 47 MW solar project they initially developed was selected in Chile’s latest energy tender with a winning bid at 25.38 $/MWh, the lowest 24/7 block price combining solar and wind ever recorded in the […]

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Atacama Desert wind power plant fills Chile’s clean-energy sails

Atacama Desert wind power plant fills Chile’s clean-energy sails

Atacama Desert power plant raises expectations for locals By Fabiola Ortiz, Thomson Reuters Foundation SAO PAULO, July 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Deep in northern Chile’s Atacama Desert, a remote community of 6,000 people is preparing to host the country’s largest wind power plant. The residents of Freirina commune, on the coast of Huasco province, 700 km […]