A joint venture (JV) between EDF and developer AME has begun construction of large-scale battery and solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in Chile, with 2GWh storage capacity.

Developer Acciona Energia will add a gigawatt-hour-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) at an existing solar PV plant in Chile.

During the opening address of Energy Storage Summit Latin America 2025, in Santiago, Chile, the Chilean Minister of Energy Diego Pardow Lorenzo said the country was most likely set to surpass its 2050 targets in 2027.

Takeaways from the first day of Energy Storage Summit Latin America 2025, including the Chilean and Argentinian markets.

Spanish IPP Grenergy has begun construction on a 340MW solar project with 960MWh of energy storage in El Cabrero, located in Chile’s Biobío region. 

Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with Thomas Cornell, CEO and President of Prevalon Energy, at the RE+ 2025 trade show, about the global consequences of the budget reconciliation bill for BESS and renewables.

Grenergy has secured a senior non-recourse financing agreement worth US$270 million for Phase 6 of its flagship Chilean solar-plus-storage project, Oasis de Atacama.

Chile is leading Latin America’s wave of energy storage adoption, closely linked to its embrace of solar PV.

AES Andes, part of the US-based energy giant AES, has launched construction on two hybrid renewables-plus-storage projects in Chile with 2.2GWh of co-located BESS.

Spanish developer and independent power producer (IPP) Zelestra has reached financial close for its hybrid 1GWh BESS and solar PV plant in Chile.