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Chile reached a 43.4% renewables share in gross power production in January, up from 41.8% the month earlier, according to the latest figures released by the Chilean national energy commission (CNE).
The so-called non-conventional renewables generated 3,189 GWh of electricity in January, marking an increase of 6.1% month-on-month. Compared to the year-ago period, gross production from these sources rose by 10.8%.
Gross power generation from conventional sources declined by 0.7% month-on-month and by 0.6% in annual terms to 4,153 GWh.
Figures for the non-conventional renewables follow in the table below:
| Technology: | Gross production in GWh: | month-on-month change: | year-on-year change: | Share in January 2024: |
| Biomass | 208 | 9.8% | 20.7% | 6.5% |
| Wind | 866 | 3.3% | 5.9% | 27.2% |
| Solar PV | 1,908 | 9.6% | 14.5% | 59.8% |
| Solar CSP | 0 | 0% | -100% | -- |
| Small run-of-river hydro | 166 | -15.0% | 17.6% | 5.2% |
| Geothermal | 40 | -2.4% | 15.5% | 1.2% |
The total net installed non-conventional renewable energy capacity in Chile rose to 14,537 in January from 14,225 MW in December 2023.
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