Chile becomes the first country in Latin America to inaugurate a Concentrated Solar Power Plant

Cerro Dominador is the name of the project that is located in the Antofagasta-Chile region and that gives life to the first Concentrated Solar Power Plant (CSP) plant in Latin America. The infrastructure has more than a thousand hectares of surface and with an installed capacity of 110 MW of thermal generation added to 100 MW of photovoltaic. This clean energy that will supply around 380 thousand homes uninterrupted 24 hours a day thanks to its innovative technology.

Below we share a special article on the operation of the Cerro Dominador project.

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Chile becomes the first country in Latin America to inaugurate a Concentrated Solar Power Plant

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Cerro Dominador is the name of the project that is located in the Antofagasta-Chile region and that gives life to the first Concentrated Solar Power Plant (CSP) plant in Latin America. The infrastructure has more than a thousand hectares of surface and with an installed capacity of 110 MW of thermal generation added to 100 MW of photovoltaic. This clean energy that will supply around 380 thousand homes uninterrupted 24 hours a day thanks to its innovative technology.
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