Chiles Santiago Metro Will Meet 60% Of Its Energy Demand From Renewables

[Judi Lynn]

July 8th, 2017 by Saurabh Mahapatra


Originally published on CleanTechies.

Cities continue to show swift progress and leadership towards large-scale adoption of renewable energy technologies even as some countries continue to deny the very need of sustainable growth.

Chile’s Santiago metro system will soon source as much as 60% of its energy requirements from renewable energy sources. The metro system, which serves 2.4 million people every day, will acquire 42% of its energy needs from a solar power project while an additional 18% will come from a wind energy project. Both projects are located in the Atacama Desert.

Metro de Santiago has signed 15-year power purchase agreements with the 100-megawatt El Pelícano solar power project developed by California-based SunPower Corp and Total. The project is expected to supply 300 GWh of electricity to Metro de Santiago every year. A wind energy project located to the north of the SunPower solar project will also supply electricity to the metro system.

Long-term renewable energy PPAs not only provide low-cost and escalation-free electricity for Metro de Santiago but are also a boon to the project developers like SunPower in a highly competitive and developing market like Chile.

More:
https://cleantechnica.com/2017/07/08/chiles-santiago-metro-will-meet-60-energy-demand-renewables/

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https://www.democraticunderground.com/1127111605