Tesla is now in talks with the Chile-based lithium mining firm SQM about the sourcing of further supplies — with the electric vehicle manufacturer reportedly interested in “important volumes,” according to industry figures.
Yingli Green Energy has announced it has secured orders for 12 solar PV projects in Chile worth 146 MW (megawatts) for which it will provide Engineering, Procurement, and Construction services.
The start of 2018 brought significantly positive developments for the Madrid-based Fotowatio Renewable Ventures, as it reported major developments from renewable energy markets in Mexico and Chile.
The International Energy Agency has this week published a new report highlighting the emergence of Chile as one of the world’s growing renewable energy destinations, thanks to second-to-none resources and increasingly forward-looking policies.
A common criticism of on-demand taxi services such as Uber, Lyft, etc., is that they aren’t actually the “wave of the future” as they are often portrayed in the media, but rather a demonstration of the fact that, for some demographics, there’s not much work out there anymore that can provide an actual living wage.
Chile’s Santiago metro system will soon source as much as 60% of its energy requirements from renewable energy sources.
The largest electricity utility in Chile and one of the largest in the world, Enel, somewhat recently began an initiative to get more of its Chilean employees driving electric vehicles. The initiative was pretty simple and effective — offering a subsidy for the purchase of an electric car. Following this raffle, 25 of the Enel employees decided to get a Nissan Leaf.
In Chile’s last auction for power, SolarReserve bid a world record breaking low price at just 6.3 cents per kWh ($63/MWh) for dispatchable 24-hour solar.
This week, Anne-Sophie Garrigou, journalist at The Beam, interviewed Christian Siemoneit, co-founder of Hansalia, a renewable energy company specializing in Project Development & Sustainable Private Equity Investments in Latin America.
Originally published on CleanTechies. The largest solar photovoltaic project in South America has started supplying electricity to Google. Acciona Energia has announced that it has started to supply electricity to Google’s installations in Chile from the El Romero solar power project. The 246 megawatt project is the largest solar PV … [continued]
