Acciona Energy to build 1 GWh battery storage system in Chile’s Atacama Desert

  • Corporacion Acciona Energias Renovables SA will build a 1 GWh battery energy storage system in Chile’s Atacama Desert, integrated with the 246 MWp El Romero solar plant.
  • The project is sized at 196 MW/980 MWh, designed to deliver 196 MW for up to five hours.
  • Start-up is targeted for end-2027, doubling the company’s planned storage capacity in Chile when combined with a separate 1 GWh system under construction at Malgarida.


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