Chile’s renewables generated 1,168 GWh of power in June, which amounted to 18.2% of the country's total monthly production, according to the latest report by the Chilean national energy commission (CNE).
The renewable energy plants, excluding large hydro, increased their output by 3.6% year-on-year and by 2.8% compared to May. Their share in the total improved from 17.7% where it stood a month back.
Production figures for each technology are presented below:
Technology: |
Gross production in GWh: |
m/m change: |
y/y change: |
Share in June: |
Biomass |
158 |
-8.0% |
-4.5% |
13.5% |
Wind |
461 |
35.9% |
5.0% |
39.5% |
Solar PV |
375 |
-18.9% |
8.3% |
32.1% |
Run-of-river hydro |
152 |
11.7% |
-3.8% |
13.1% |
Geothermal |
21 |
-17.6% |
20.7% |
1.8% |
Total installed renewable energy capacity climbed to 5,901 MW in June from 5,675 MW tallied a month earlier. It now represents 24.0% of the total installed capacity in Chile.
The total installed distributed generation capacity under the net-metering scheme rose to 56,762 kW in June, after to 2,254 kW of new installations in a month’s span. The number of installations in the registry stands at 6,361 units, up from 6,265 units listed in May.
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