This Country Is Generating So Much Solar Power, It’s Giving It Away For FREE

by Amanda Froelich
True Activist

Chile is generating so much solar energy, it has more than what it knows what to do with.

Whoever said countries can’t thrive on renewable energy sources hasn’t yet been informed that parts of the country of Chile gave away solar energy for 113 days this past year. And, according to a new report by Bloomberg, many more free days of solar is expected to come.

Undoubtedly, free solar energy is good news for residents, but analysts are concerned about how this will impact the market, as investors and owners of solar power plants are likely to lose money.

Reportedly, the country’s push for solar energy resulted in the development of 29 solar farms, and another 15 are planned for construction in the future. However, Chile has two power networks in play: a central grid and a northern grid – and neither are connected. Inhabitat summarizes that infrastructure in some areas of each grid is so poor, some locations simply cannot transmit as much electricity. As a result, some areas have too much energy, while others are under-served.
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