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Renaico II wind farm. Image source: Enel Chile (www.enel.cl)
The share of non-conventional renewables in Chile’s gross power production rose to 41.1% in March from 39.2% the month prior, according to latest data from the Chilean national energy commission (CNE).
These renewables, which exclude large hydro, generated 2,994 GWh gross, which represented an increase of 8.9% month-on-month and an annual rise of 12.3%.
With 4,278 GWh generated by conventional sources, the total power production in March came at 7,272 GWh gross, up by 3.7% compared to February and an increase of just 0.4% year-on-year.
More details about the output from the non-conventional renewables are presented in the table:
| Technology: | Gross production in GWh: | month-on-month change: | year-on-year change: | Share in March: |
| Biomass | 212 | -7.6% | 12.7% | 7.1% |
| Wind | 883 | 32.4% | 25.3% | 29.5% |
| Solar PV | 1,728 | 2.2% | 8.9% | 57.7% |
| Solar CSP | 0 | 0% | -100% | -- |
| Small run-of-river hydro | 137 | 6.8% | 6.0% | 4.6% |
| Geothermal | 34 | 3.7% | -1.0% | 1.1% |
The total net installed non-conventional renewable energy capacity in Chile rose to 14,881 MW in March from 14,798 MW in February.
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