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Chile : CONSTRUCTION on 36 MW solar PV plant in Chile started by Enel
Publish Date : 27-Nov-2013
Enel Green Power SA (Rome) has started construction on a 36 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Chile. This is the company's initial utility-scale PV project in Chile however also one of the first large utility-scale projects by any developer to begin construction in the nation.
The Diego de Almagro PV plant will be situated in the Atacama region of Northern Chile, and will include 225,000 PV modules, counting mostly thin-film modules by 3Sun (Catania, Italy). The project is backed by a 15 MW power purchase agreement, and will sell electricity into Chile's Central Grid (SIC), not the Northern Grid (SING) where the majority of PV projects are planned.
An investment of approximately USD 60 million will be included in the construction.
Above 5 GW of PV projects have obtained environmental sanction in Chile, yet the Diego de Almagro plant will be a major boost to the only 126 MW at present under construction, and is much larger than any of the plants that comprise the nation's 6.7 MW of operational utility-scale PV.
Before a week the SunEdison Inc. (St. Peters, Missouri, U.S.) gained financing for its 50.7 MW San Andreas PV plant, after beginning construction on its 100 MW Amanecer PV project in September 2013.
Enel has in addition constructed a 90 MW wind project in Chile, and is building two more wind farms in the nation. Additionally, Enel plans to build the first geothermal plant in the region.
The 3Sun PV modules that the Diego de Almagro plant will make use of comprise layers of amorphous and microcrystalline silicon on a glass substrate, a design first developed by Sharp Corp. (Osaka, Japan). 3Sun states that its modules provides advanced energy yields, and perform better high temperatures and under diffuse light conditions than crystalline silicon PV. 3Sun is a joint venture of Sharp, Enel and STMicroelectronics NV (Geneva).
