Acciona Energia has inaugurated three solar plants totalling 300MW in Chile.
The Malgarida 1 and 2 solar plants have a collective capacity of 238MW and the Almeyda solar plant has 62MW.
Chilean energy under-secretary Francisco Lopez and Acciona president Jose Manuel Entrecanales inaugurated the three photovoltaic plants that entered into service all in Diego de Almagro, in Atacama.
The inauguration ceremony was attended by the regional secretary of the Chilean Energy Ministry, Kim Fa Bondi, the director for the environment of Diego de Almagro, Jorge Aguilera, and the Mayoress of Chanaral, Margarita Flores.
Acciona Energia was represented by its CEO, Rafael Mateo and the company’s director-general for South America, Jose Ignacio Escobar.
Lopez said: “in Chile we have set ourselves the target of being carbon neutral in 2050, and clean energies play a key role in achieving this.
“We are taking giant strides in that direction; in 2021 alone, non-conventional renewable energies will account for at least 35% of the country’s energy mix, with the entry into service of wind and solar power plants with equivalent capacity to everything we have built to date.”