Renewable Energy An update on the Chilean Experience Technical Expert Meeting: Renewable Energy
Andrés Pirazzoli Oficina de Cambio Climático Ministerio del Medio Ambiente - CHILE
About Chile
Source: Invest Chile, 2012.
• Chile has a modern, dynamic economy, with stable policy and regulatory frameworks and a market-based growth orientation. • The economy has been growing at a fast pace and GDP is expected to grow at 4% until 2030. Chile’s economy is characterized by an increasing share of manufactured products and by increasing exports of minerals and foodstuffs.
Electricity Market 2011- Net power generation SING Installed Capacity: 4.344 MW Max Demand.: 2.162 MW Power Generation : 15,9 TWh Thermal Generation: 100% Population: 6%
Total at country level: 62 TWh Chart Title SIC Installed Capacity : 12.488 MW Max Demand.: 6.881 MW Power Generation : 46,1 TWh Hydro : 45% - 65% Population: 92%
Coal 34,7%
Natural Gas 22,9%
Aysén Installed Capacity : : 49 MW Max Demand.: 20 MW Power Generation : 134 GWh Population : 1%
Magallanes Installed Capacity : 89 MW Max Demand.: 40 MW Power Generation : 269 GWh Population : 1%
Derivatives 7,1% NCRE 2,9% Large Hydro (Dams) 20,8%
Small Hydropower 0,9%
Wind 0,5%
Bioenergy 1,5%
Large run of river hydro 11,5% Source: CNE, CDEC and CER
80% GHG Inventory ENERGY
LARGE POTENTIAL legal basis Need to enable implementation and increase Know how Legal target: 20% RE in 2025 Feeds into Chile´s: 2020 GHG BAU deviation goal 2015 contribution? NRG Independence
Renewables in the Electricity Landscape in CHILE • Chile is energy DEPENDENT/IMPORTER • Law 20.257 TARGET. 10% by 2024
• 2013 Law 20.698 doubled our target to 2025 • Currently 5.9% of our grid is NC-RE • December 2013: 1.117 MW installed capacity
• Targets mean aditional 6 to 6.5 GW by 2025 • Robust coordinated sustainable institutionality • Innovative approaches to project financing and subsidies • Outstanding UNTAPPED potential: at least 17GW on the works • Projected to surpass 8GW in 2025.
Some relevant numbers
SUPPORTIVE PROGRAMS INVESTMENT
- SSRE NAMA - PMR - PSF
Challenges
• CDEC - Dispatch and Load Centers: urgent need to strengthen capacities for the implementation or variable energy sources (eg. Solar, Wind) in order to . • Urgent need to transfer suitable technologies that help TAP the potential • Chile has focused on LARGE centrally connected players • Can shift towards small scale distributed sources • Smart grids that help
