Chile's renewables dip to 38.1% share of power generation in April

Tamaya solar farm. Image source: Engie Energia Chile (www.engie.cl)

Chile’s non-conventional renewables accounted for 38.1% of the total power production in the country in April, the Chilean national energy commission (CNE) said in its latest report.

This marked a few steps down from the low forties share the non-conventional renewables achieved in March.

These renewables, which exclude large hydro, generated 2,586 GWh gross of electricity in April, down 13.8% compared to March. Wind and solar power production experienced double-digit declines, falling by 13.0% and 17.5% month-on-month, respectively.

In year-on-year terms, the renewables output rose by 11.1%.

Conventional power generators produced 4,208 GWh gross, which represented a decline of 1.6% month-on-month and a 2.6% drop in annual terms.

Total gross production of 6,794 GWh meant a 6.6% decrease from March and a bump of 2.2% on the year.

Generation details for the non-conventional renewables are presented in the table below:

Technology:	Gross production in GWh:	month-on-month change:	year-on-year change:	Share in April:
Biomass	208	-1.6%	6.4%	8.0%
Wind	768	-13.0%	19.5%	29.7%
Solar PV	1,429	-17.5%	6.7%	55.3%
Solar CSP	0	0%	-100%	--
Small run-of-river hydro	148	8.1%	38.6%	5.7%
Geothermal	32	-6.7%	-2.0%	1.2%