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El Manzano solar farm. Image source: Enel Chile (www.enel.cl)
Non-conventional renewables generated 36.7% of Chile’s electricity in July, increasing their gross monthly share from 34.1% in June, according to new data from the Chilean national energy commission (CNE).
Gross power production from non-conventional renewables, which exclude large hydro, totalled 2,695 GWh in July, representing a 9.2% increase month-on-month and an 18.1% boost in annual terms, the CNE said in the latest report.
Conventional energy sources produced 4,643 GWh gross, a decline of 2.4% compared to their June output and down by 5.0% year-on-year.
The CNE’s figures for non-conventional renewables and their performance in July are presented in the table:
| Technology: | Gross generation in July in GWh: | month-on-month change: | year-on-year change: | Share in July: |
| Biomass | 170 | 5.6% | 2.3% | 6.3% |
| Wind | 1,004 | 3.4% | 37.1% | 37.3% |
| Solar PV | 1,326 | 18.4% | 16.2% | 49.2% |
| Solar CSP | 0 | -100% | 0% | -- |
| Small run-of-river hydro | 168 | -10.8% | -14.8% | 6.2% |
| Geothermal | 27 | -0.1% | -40.3% | 1.0% |
At the same time, Chile’s total net installed non-conventional renewable energy capacity rose to 15,772 MW in July from 15,012 MW in June.
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