Chile's renewables share falls to 21.7% in May

Colbun's Machicura PV park

Chile’s renewables generated 1,492 GWh of power in May, up 31.3% year-on-year, Chilean energy commission CNE said in the latest monthly report.

The production output from renewables declined by 0.4% in month-on-month terms. The share of renewables in total gross power generation fell to 21.7% in May from 23.0% in April.

Output figures by technology are presented in the table below:

Technology:	Gross generation in GWh:	Month-on-month change:	Year-on-year change:	Share in May:
Biomass	201	6.8%	17.6%	13.5%
Wind	501	10.2%	47.5%	33.6%
Solar PV	626	-14.0%	35.3%	42.0%
Run-of-river hydro	127	28.6%	-7.21%	8.5%
Geothermal	28	4.8%	9.4%	1.9%

With conventional power plants, the total gross power production in Chile rose by 5.5% month-on-month and by 7.4% on the year in May.

As of May, Chile boasts 7,315 MW of installed renewable energy capacity, an increase from 7,173 MW recorded a month ago. Renewables now account for 28.2% of the total installed capacity in the country.

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