Power production from Chile's renewables cools off in May

EGP Chile Renaico II wind park

Chile’s renewable energy plants generated 1,136 GWh of electricity in May, equal to 17.7% of the nation’s total power production, the latest figures show.

Production levels decreased by 3.5% month-on-month, causing the renewables share to drop from 19% recorded in April. In annual terms, power production rose by 7.2%, according to the new report on renewables by the Chilean national energy commission (CNE).

Details for each technology are presented in the table below:

Technology:	Gross production in GWh:	m/m change:	y/y change:	Share in May:
Biomass	171	-4.3%	-9.2%	15.1%
Wind	339	-0.2%	0.4%	29.9%
Solar PV	463	-13.3%	25.4%	40.7%
Run-of-river hydro	136	37.3%	-4.1%	12.0%
Geothermal	26	6.4%	17.9%	2.3%

Total installed renewable energy capacity in the Chilean system reached 5,675 MW by the end of May, growing from 5,606 MW registered the month before. Renewables, excluding large hydro, now account for 23.3% of Chile’s total installed capacity.

Additional 5,079 MW of renewable energy projects are currently under construction, the CNE report states.

The total installed distributed generation capacity under the net-metering scheme climbed to 54,508 kW in May thanks to new 2,436 kW of installations. The number of installations in the registry stands at 6,265 units, up from 6,181 units listed in April.

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