Newsletter ACERA - Mayo 2022

MEET
the central
PV Salvador
and BESS storage system
Technology: Photovoltaic Solar and BESS
Installed Power: 68 MW (PV) and 50 MW/5 hours of storage
Region: Atacama
ACERA Partner Company: Innergex Renewable Energy
The Salvador photovoltaic solar park is located in the commune
of Diego de Almagro, in the Atacama desert. It has 162,280
modules in an area of 122.37 hectares and has an installed
capacity of 68 MW of alternating current. It produces an average
of 182.2 GWh/year, enough to supply more than 70,000 chilean
homes with clean energy.
In June, Innergex will begin construction of its commercial-scale
energy storage system project, using batteries of the type called
Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), with Mitsubishi Power's
Emerald solution, through which it is expected to add 250 MWh
of storage capacity, and thus provide greater stability and
reliability to the system.
Alejandro Donoso, Manager of Corporate Affairs of Innergex
indicated "this system will allow us to store a certain capacity of
electricity for a certain period of time, to later supply it again in the
network at times when there is a greater demand for electricity or
a supply deficit. Thus, they provide a lot of flexibility and firmness
to the system, by complementing the intermittence caused by
renewable generation very quickly and efficiently”.