Chile Time, the Atacama Energy Storage Project of Pacific Hydropower Chile Company, a subsidiary of China Power International, was officially started.
Atacama Energy Storage Project is located in the booster station of Atacama and Solar 9 photovoltaic projects under construction invested by China Power International near Copiapo, northern Chile, with an installed capacity of 113MW/243MWh. It is planned to be put into operation together with the photovoltaic project by the end of 2024. After
the project is completed and put into operation, it is expected to become the largest commercial energy storage project independently invested and developed by Chinese enterprises overseas, ranking one of the largest electrochemical energy storage projects in South America .