Chile's Atacama desert is becoming a global battery hub
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Chile's Atacama desert is becoming a global battery hub
ContourGlobal, the independent power producer backed by KKR, has inaugurated a nearly $500 million solar-and-storage facility in Chile’s Atacama desert that stores daytime solar energy and delivers it after sundown. The Victor Jara hybrid plant combines 231 megawatt-peak of photovoltaic capacity with 1.3 gigawatt-hours of battery storage, capable of delivering 200 megawatts of power for […] This story continues at The Next Web
ContourGlobal put into operation the battery storage system (BESS) of the hybrid plant Victor Jara, located in the Chilean region of Tarapacá. The project combines a 231 MWp photovoltaic solar power plant with a BESS of 200 MW and 1.3 GWh capacity, designed to deliver up to 6.5 continuous hours of clean energy after sunset. According to the company, this is the longest operating utility scale storage system in Latin America. The installation is …
ContourGlobal announced the start of operations of the battery energy storage system (BESS) at the Víctor Jara hybrid power plant in the Tarapacá Region, with the capacity to deliver 6.5 hours of continuous power. 231 MWp photovoltaic solar park is complemented by the storage system providing up to 200 MW of clean energy during the night, being placed among the world's longest-lasting BESS utility-scale storage projects and as the longest-lastin…
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