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Chile inaugurates 1.2 GWh colocated battery

ContourGlobal’s site features six-hour storage capacity alongside 221 MWp of solar generation capacity and is part of a portfolio acquired from Spain’s Grenergy last year.

By

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Apr 10, 2025

The ContourGlobal developer owned by US-based investment giant KKR has inaugurated the Quillagua solar-plus-storage plant in the María Elena commune of Chile’s Antofagasta region.

Commercial operation of the power purchase agreement-backed site – which features 221 MWp of solar generation capacity and a 200 MW/1.2 GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) – is expected within weeks.

The developer says Quillagua is the largest solar-plus-storage site in Latin America.

The project was acquired from Spanish developer Grenergy late last year, along with the 231 MWp solar and 1.3 GWh BESS Víctor Jara solar-plus-storage site in the Tarapacá region. ContourGlobal said Víctor Jara will be ready this year, several months ahead of schedule.

The two sites will generate almost 1.3 TWh of clean energy annually for ContourGlobal, once operational, and mark the developer’s entry into the Chilean market.

From pv magazine LatAm.

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Pilar Sanchez Molina
Pilar worked as managing editor for an international solar magazine, in addition to editing books, primarily in the fields of literature and art. She joined pv magazine in May 2017, where she manages the Spanish newsletter and website and helps write and edit articles for the daily news section in Latin America.
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