Chile's renewables share declines to 39.2% in Feb

Coya solar farm in Chile. Image source: Engie Chile on Twitter (@ENGIEChile)

Non-conventional renewables accounted for 39.2% of Chile’s gross power production in February, Chilean national energy commission (CNE) said in its latest report on renewable energy in the country.

The February renewables share represents a decline from 43.4% reached a month earlier.

Gross power production from renewable sources dropped by 13.8% month-on-month to 2,748 GWh in February. Compared to the year-ago period, the renewables output increased by 8.2%.

Conventional energy sources, which include large hydro and fossil fuels, generated 4,267 GWh gross, which marked an increase of 2.8% month-on-month and by 7.3% on the year, according to the CNE’s figures.

Production details for the non-conventional renewables are displayed in the table:

Technology:	Gross production in GWh:	month-on-month change:	year-on-year change:	Share in February:
Biomass	229	9.9%	42.4%	8.3%
Wind	667	-23.0%	-6.7%	24.3%
Solar PV	1,690	-11.4%	13.8%	61.5%
Solar CSP	0	0%	-100%	--
Small run-of-river hydro	129	-22.6%	10.6%	4.7%
Geothermal	33	-17.6%	9.8%	1.2%