Last week, three different developers announced separate large-scale battery energy storage (BESS) projects collocated with solar farms in Chile. Contact online >>
Last week, three different developers announced separate large-scale battery energy storage (BESS) projects collocated with solar farms in Chile.
Enel Chile, the local subsidiary of Italian energy company Enel, said it will deploy a 67 MW/134 MWh battery at the El Manzano solar power plant. The solar project with a capacity of 99 MW is located in the town of Tiltil, in the Chacabuco Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. The solar plant is deployed on 185 hectares of land and features 162,000 bifacial monocrystalline panels of 615 W and 610 W.
In a separate press release, Portuguese EPC contractor CJR Renewable announced that it had been contracted by Atlas Renewable to construct a 200 MW/800 MWh BESS. The system will be paired with the 244 MWp Sol del Desierto photovoltaic plant, which is in operation since 2022 and located in the town of María Elena, the Tocopilla Province, in the Antofagasta region.
CJR Renewables will act as the main contractor for the civil and electrical works on the project which will feature 320 battery units provided by Chinese manufacturer Sungrow. "With this project, we’ve reached 523 MW in BESS facilities in Chile," said Raúl Pérez, business and development manager at CJR Renewables.
With 582,930 solar panels distributed over 479 hectares, Sol del Desierto generates around 714 GWh per year. The PV plant has been operating under a 15-year power purchase agreement(PPA) inked between between Atlas Renewable Energyand Engie Energía Chile, the Chilean unit of French energy giant Engie, supplying 550 GWh of electricity annually.
In another separate development, Spanish developer Uriel Renovables announced it had obtained preliminary approval for the 90 MW Quinquimo solar farm collocated with a 90 MW/200 MWh BESS facility. Construction on this project is expected to begin in 2025 in an area located 150 km north of Santiago de Chile, in the Valparaíso Region.
In March, Engie Chile finalized the construction of a 139 MW/638 MWh battery. It claimed it was the largest energy storage system to be installed in Latin America. The storage facility is paired with the 181.2 MW Coya PV plant, in Maira Elena, in northern Chile’s Antofagasta region, which has one of the world’s highest levels of solar radiation. Engie announced the projectin December 2022.
Chile is set to become the second-largest battery marketin the Americas after US. Last year, the Latin American nation switched on 12 storage projects, with a total power output of 1.3 GW. As of August 2023, it had 85 energy storage projects in various stages of development, totaling 6.4 GW.
Copec, an energy company in Latin America, has announced a partnership with Gogoro Inc., a leader in battery-swapping technology, to introduce Gogoro''s innovative Smartscooters and battery-swapping stations in Santiago, Chile.
The launch marks Chile''s first-ever battery-swapping platform for two-wheel vehicles and significantly advances sustainable urban mobility.
The partnership begins with 10 Gogoro battery-swapping stations throughout Santiago and plans to reach 18 stations by the end of the year.
Henry Chiang, Interim CEO of Gogoro, comments: "It is exciting to see the Gogoro ecosystem expanding in Latin America, first with Terpel in Bogotá and now with Copec Voltex in Santiago.
"Gogoro battery swapping offers a new approach to electric two-wheel refuelling that doesn''t require dedicated parking or waiting for a vehicle to charge."
The initiative allows Copec Voltex, Copec''s electromobility division, to create a network of strategically located battery-swap stations across Santiago.
The stations are hosted at Copec service locations in critical areas such as La Reina, Ñuñoa, Santiago, La Florida, Huechuraba, Vitacura, Lo Barnechea and Estación Central. This network means fast and easy battery swaps for Santiago''s riders, removing the need for lengthy charging waits and making electric two-wheel commuting practical.
The new ecosystem includes a flexible subscription-based model tailored to each rider''s needs, making it affordable for daily commuters and logistics providers seeking sustainable solutions for urban delivery.
"At Copec, our commitment to Chile drives us to develop sustainable, scalable solutions that anticipate people''s needs," Andrea Castro, CEO of Copec Voltex, adds.
"Our partnership with Gogoro lets us offer an innovative charging solution that redefines city travel, lowering barriers to entry and bringing electric mobility to a new group of Chileans seeking more efficient and sustainable transportation."
Gogoro''s battery-swapping platform is recognised globally as the leading solution for two-wheel EV refuelling. It boasts a smart, secure and adaptable system designed to meet the demands of city life.
Instead of charging a vehicle on-site, riders can swap out their depleted battery for a fully charged one in seconds, eliminating downtime.
Gogoro has had a significant impact worldwide, with a vast network of 12,500 battery-swapping stations across Taiwan that support nearly 650,000 riders.
More than 1.3 million Gogoro smart batteries are in circulation, power an impressive 400,000 swaps each day and have collectively saved over one billion kilograms of CO2 emissions since 2015. Gogoro''s global success highlights the potential of this model to transform urban transportation in Santiago and beyond.
Copec, with its extensive energy and retail footprint in Latin America, is well-positioned to drive the energy transition across the region.
In 2019, Copec launched Copec Wind to explore new trends in energy and mobility, with Copec Voltex leading its electromobility division.
Through this growing network, Copec aims to make sustainable energy solutions accessible to more people and pave the way for a cleaner, greener urban landscape.
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