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Developed by Sojitz Corporation and Shikoku, Huatacondo is the second storage project approved in Chile under Japans Joint Crediting Mechanism, and the first hybrid project. Construction of the battery energy storage system (BESS) to hybridize the Huatacondo photovoltaic project in Chile will begin in the first quarter of 2025. It is being developed by the Japanese company Sojitz Corporation and Shikoku Electric Power Co., Inc. through its subsidiary AustrianSolar Chile, and will have a storage capacity of 98 MW/312 MWh. Canadian Solar has announced that e-STORAGE, part of the majority-owned subsidiary of CSI Solar Company, has been awarded a turnkey EPC contract to supply the storage system, which will be SolBank 3.0. It features high-density LFP cells and a liquid cooling system. Under the EPC contract, e-STORAGE will manage all civil, mechanical and electrical infrastructure for the project. The Huatacondo BESS project is the second storage project approved in Chile under Japan’s Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM), and the first hybrid project. The JCM aims to reduce GHG emissions in developing and other countries by using advanced decarbonization technologies. In 2019, the Huatacondo solar power plant, “S4 Solar”, developed by Eiffage Concessions and Eiffage Energía, was inaugurated. It is located in the heart of the Atacama Desert in Chile. With an investment of 121 million dollars, the Huatacondo photovoltaic plant has a capacity of 103 MW. The project was developed by AustrianSolar Chile and Desarrollos Fotovoltaicos de Chile . Sojitz, Shikoku Electric Power and Eiffage are the current owners of the project, with a stake of 60%, 30% and 10% respectively. |
