Chile's renewables share down to 39% in Feb

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Chile’s share of non-conventional renewables in total power production fell to 39% in February from 40.8% in January, Chilean national energy commission CNE said in its latest renewables report.

Non-conventional renewables in the country generated 2,540 GWh gross of electricity in the second month of the year, which represented a drop of 11.7% compared to January, but also an increase of 12.4% in annual terms.

Power production from all renewable energy sources, excluding large hydro, declined month-on-month. Conventional power plants also recorded lower production levels in February, down by 4.8% month-on-month to 3,978 GWh gross.

More details on non-conventional renewables follow in the table below:

Source:	Gross production in GWh:	month-on-month change:	year-on-year change:	Share in February:
Biomass	161	-6.8%	-4.3%	6.3%
Wind	715	-12.6%	5.4%	28.1%
Solar PV	1,485	-10.9%	17.1%	58.5%
Solar CSP	33	-26%	N.A.	1.30%
Small run-of-river hydro	116	-17.7%	8.7%	4.6%
Geothermal	30	-13.3%	-22.3%	1.2%