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Six applications for standalone and solar-linked battery energy storage systems (BESS) were submitted for environmental permits from Jan. 23 to Jan. 30. Three standalone BESS with a total of more than 2.8 MWh of energy storage capacity were submitted for environmental assessment in Chile in the space of a week. Further three co-located BESS added another 630 MWh of electricity storage capacity. Sphera Development’s $255 million, 381 MW/1,906 MWh Kanut Energy Storage System, in the city of La Ligua in the Petorca province of the Valparaíso region would have a planned start date of Sep. 1, 2027. The $157.5 million, 120 MW/922.76 MWh Melipilla BESS Energy Storage System, from Sungrow El Arroyo, would have an estimated start date of Aug. 1, 2026 in the Melipilla commune of the Metropolitan region. |
