This week, the government of Chile holds a final vote on its first carbon taxation scheme, also the first in South America, a measure to make fossil fuel generators pay for emitting greenhouse gases. The Chile carbon tax is part of a larger program of wide-ranging tax revisions introduced by the country’s … [continued]
International investment agencies approved funding for a 10 MW solar power plant in Chile’s Atacama Desert, one of the world optimal locations for solar.
One of the biggest names in the whole of the solar PV industry, JinkoSolar, recently announced that it has signed on to supply the PV modules for two large projects in Chile. In total, about 100 MW worth of modules will be supplied for the two projects. The two new … [continued]
What’s better than solar power? Unsubsidized solar power that’s already cheaper than still subsidized fossil fuels. And Chile’s getting it. Notably, one of the big solar PV projects it now has planned is to be built by a US company that has mostly just been involved in the manufacturing of … [continued]
Projects such as building the center are part and parcel of Element’s efforts to develop its business internationally and domestically, a business strategy that incorporates socially beneficial outreach aspects to its activities. Element views such initiatives as bi-directional in that it results in a give-and-take and exchange of information and opinions between the company and local residents.
