The lithium batteries will have a five-hour
duration, will be provided
by inverter and battery storage technology supplier Sungrow and
be charged by the energy generated from the 114MW solar plant that
reached commercial operation in February 2022.
This
is not the only BESS project the company is currently developing,
and expects to soon reach over 1GWh of storage capacity, thanks to
BESS Coya which is expected to have a storage capacity of 638MWh.
“We
believe that storage systems are a fundamental pillar of our ESG
commitment, and this is why we will continue developing this
technology”, said Rosaline Corinthien, CEO of ENGIE Chile.
Chile
has seen it’s activity in BESS projects accelerate since the passing
of a major bill late last year to facilitate energy storage
activity in the country’s electricity market, all while the
Chilean government is seeking
multiple-gigawatts of large-scale storage in the coming years.
Last
month AES Andes, a subsidiary of US utility AES Corporation, completed
Latin America’s “largest” battery system project with
112MW/560MWh of capacity in Antofagasta.
Enel
Green Power Chile started
construction on a solar-plus-storage project with a 67MW BESS in
the Metropolitan region, near the capital, Santiago, while
developer Colbun
commissioned the first of an 800MW pipeline late last year.
BESS
units being built in Chile are set to have a discharge duration of
4-5 hours in order to capitalise on the capacity market, solar
load shifting and energy trading revenues that will account for
the bulk of project revenues.
Returning for the second
edition in Santiago, Chile, the Energy
Storage Summit Latin America will
explore opportunities in countries such as Chile, Peru, Colombia,
Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. Join Solar Media on October 17-18 to
meet with investors, policy makers, developers, utilities, network
operators, technology providers, EPCs, consultants, law firms and
more to make sure you are a part of the rapidly evolving storage
landscape in Latin America.
