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AES Gener in Chile shuts down coal-fired power plant amid push to end carbon emissions from grid
By Reuters Staff
2 Min Read
FILE PHOTO: Chile s President Sebastian Pinera delivers a speech in Santiago, Chile January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - The Chilean unit of U.S.-based AES closed a coal-fired power plant along Chile’s central Pacific coast on Tuesday ahead of schedule amid a drive by the South American nation to end carbon emissions from its grid.
Chile in 2019 signed an agreement with major generators AES Gener, Colbun, Enel and Engie to gradually eliminate the country’s coal-fired power plants, which currently produce around 40% of the country’s electricity.
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Companies Accelerate Shutdown of Chilean Coal Plants
Italy’s Enel is decommissioning one of its coal-fired power plants in Chile two years sooner than originally planned, with the unit’s closure coming two days after the Chile-based unit of a U.S. utility announced it would accelerate the closure of a pair of coal-fired power plants in the country.
Enel on Dec. 31 is closing its 128-MW Bocamina 1 coal-fired power station. The company also is awaiting authorization from Chile’s National Energy Commission (CNE) to close its 350-MW Bocamina 2 plant in May 2022.
AES Gener in Chile shuts down coal-fired power plant amid push to end carbon emissions from grid
By Reuters Staff
2 Min Read
FILE PHOTO: Chile s President Sebastian Pinera delivers a speech in Santiago, Chile January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - The Chilean unit of U.S.-based AES closed a coal-fired power plant along Chile’s central Pacific coast on Tuesday ahead of schedule amid a drive by the South American nation to end carbon emissions from its grid.
Chile in 2019 signed an agreement with major generators AES Gener, Colbun, Enel and Engie to gradually eliminate the country’s coal-fired power plants, which currently produce around 40% of the country’s electricity.