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With its vast deserts, long coastline and extensive reserves of critical minerals, Chile is a potential renewable energy powerhouse. The government’s goal is to have only clean energy by 2050 and to become one of the world’s top green hydrogen exporters by 2040. The European Investment Bank is helping the country make this green transition.
By 2013, several experimental wind and solar energy projects had been deployed in Chile. Since then, several studies have addressed the national power system through scenario analysis , , .
We propose options to accelerate the energy transition that take advantage of the existing infrastructure and exceptional conditions for renewable energy in Chile. The development of solar power in the north of Chile will allow the electrification of most of the national demand.
Optimal use of finite resources Solar energy represents 26% of the total electricity capacity of Chile, accounting for 9.0 GW (2023). In 2023, 20% of Chile’s electricity generation was solar-based . In the case of the UK, 3.1 GW was produced in 2023 by solar power representing a 4.9% contribution to the UK national grid.