Two potential game-changing developments for Brazil’s energy storage sector were announced this week by its regulator and its energy ministry.

Chinese-based OEM Sungrow and Spanish IPP Sonnedix have signed a supply agreement for 643.8MWh of Sungrow’s PowerTitan 2.0 solution.

IPP ContourGlobal has put a solar-plus-storage project in Chile with a 6.5-hour BESS into commercial operation in Chile.

Spanish IPP Sonnedix has signed three power purchase agreements (PPAs) for its 117MW/643.8MWh Sonnedix Librillo battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Chile.

Danish investment firm Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has begun construction on the 300MW/1,500MWh Patache battery energy storage system (BESS) in northern Chile.

Chile continues to be Latin America’s hotspot for energy storage deployments, with a major new deal for Grenergy and Engie bringing a project online in the past week.

Energy-Storage.news spoke exclusively with Argentina’s National Energy Secretary, María Tettamanti, about the launch of its second BESS tender.

The Argentinian Government has launched a new battery energy storage system (BESS) tender seeking 700MW and 4-hour duration.

Curtailment of solar PV and wind continued to increase in Chile last year and passed 6TWh according to the Chilean renewable energy and energy storage association ACERA.

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.