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Energy: Where are the investment opportunities in Chile?

InvestChile - May,24,2021

Thermoelectric power is on its way out and Chile is committed to an upsurge in renewable investment driven by the private sector to achieve its ambitious climate goals.

Topics: Energy

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Chile is awarded Largest Emerging Market Certified Climate Bond

InvestChile - April,27,2021

The Ministry of Finance has issued approximately USD14.4 billion in thematic bonds since 2019, of which approximately USD7.7 billion are green bonds, USD5.2 billion are social bonds, and USD1.5 billion in sustainable bonds. 

Topics: Energy- Green Bond

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France and Chile join forces on green hydrogen progress

InvestChile - April,20,2021

Representatives from the two countries are developing a program of actions to exchange knowledge and promote strategies in this field.

Topics: Energy- Green Hydrogen

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President Piñera promulgates the Energy Efficiency Law for Chile

InvestChile - February,12,2021

The new regulation marks a milestone in the country's history to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.

Topics: Energy

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Green hydrogen could exceed the potential of Chile’s mining industry

InvestChile - February,4,2021

According to President Sebastián Piñera, Chile’s National Strategy for the Promotion of Green Hydrogen will make the country the world’s most efficient producer.

Topics: Renewables- Energy- Green Hydrogen

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Price of PV systems in Chile drops by almost a third in four years

InvestChile - December,9,2020

A study by the German Society for International Cooperation (IZ) and Chile’s Energy Ministry shows how the price of infrastructure for solar energy has dropped in Chile.

Topics: Renewables- Energy

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Atlas Renewable Energy plans to invest US$4,000 million in LatAm

InvestChile - November,11,2020

A third of the regional investment plan will go to Chile over the next four years, the company’s general manager in Chile, Alfredo Solar, told PAUTA.

Topics: Renewables- Energy

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Mainstream obtains US$280 million to invest in renewables in Chile

InvestChile - October,20,2020

The initiative forms part of Andes Renovables, a wind and solar generation platform worth approximately US$1,800 million.

Topics: Energy

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Norway’s Statkraft aims to increase electricity production in Chile

InvestChile - September,30,2020

The state power company has embarked on an active quest for projects in Chile, particularly wind and solar projects, in order to “gain scale”, says its general manager, María Teresa González.

Topics: Energy

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Spain’s Opdenergy to enter electricity generation business in Chile

InvestChile - August,24,2020

The company has obtained financing of over US$100 million for non-conventional renewable energy projects in the O’Higgins and Atacama Regions.

Topics: Energy

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Engie increases renewable energy generation assets in Chile

InvestChile - July,7,2020

The French company’s subsidiary in Chile has paid US$53 million for the Monte Redondo Wind Farm and the Laja Hydroelectric Plant, both of which it already operated.

Topics: Energy

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Acciona: «Addressing this crisis has taught us lessons»

InvestChile - June,8,2020

The executive of the Spanish company talks about the consequences of the pandemic in Chile and the world, assuring that, in Chile, the company “is a long-term investor”.   

Topics: Energy

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Acciona selects Chilean startups to try solutions for its businesses

InvestChile - December,2,2019

The start-ups participated in the Spanish company’s open innovation program, which it implemented for the first time outside Europe.

Topics: Energy- Spanish investment- Startup

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Acciona installs innovation hub in Chile

InvestChile - October,18,2019

The laboratory is located at El Romero Solar, a photovoltaic plant in northern Chile’s Atacama Region, and will start operation in October, characterizing and testing latest-generation solar panels.

Topics: Renewables- Energy

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First map of marine energy shows the potential of Chile’s coasts

InvestChile - October,18,2019

With the tool, a single platform can be used to view “different types of information related to the implementation of a renewable marine energy project in Chile”.

Topics: Energy

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Chile-driven trend: Electric vehicles prepare for launch

InvestChile - December,17,2018

They take three and a half hours to recharge, they have 250 kilometers of autonomy and their batteries have a useful life of 4,000 charges. These are the 100 electric buses that the Metbus company will deploy in the streets of Santiago in the coming days.

Topics: Energy

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Injection of renewable energies continues to increase in Chile

InvestChile - July,13,2018

The importance of these sources will continue to grow in Chile due, among other factors, to the closure of thermoelectric plants.  

Topics: Renewables- Energy

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