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December 16, 6182

What’s the Future of Renewable Energy in Chile?

Chilean President Gabriel Boric has one year left to meet the goal of beginning to reduce the country’s CO2 emissions by the end of 2025. Boric is pictured at a solar plant inauguration in March. // Photo: @MinEnergia on X

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Ricardo Raineri, former energy minister of Chile and former president of the International Association for Energy Economics: “Chile is writing an extraordinary story of renewable energy transformation in the heart of the Atacama Desert with intense solar radiation. Within a decade, the country has engineered a remarkable shift from 67 percent fossil fuel dependence in 2013 to 60 percent renewable power generation by 2023—establishing itself as Latin America’s green energy pioneer. The transformation is remarkable: solar and wind energy production has surged 45 percent since 2020, now providing 28 percent of the nation’s electricity. Sprawling solar farms and coastal wind turbines stand as monuments to this progress. In Antofagasta, plans for a groundbreaking 1.1-gigawatt battery storage facility promise to address three critical challenges…”

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Jimena Blanco
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María José Cortés
Head of ESG,
Atlas Renewable Energy

Jeffrey Davidow
Senior Counselor,
The Cohen Group

Analia Gonzalez
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Jonathan C. Hamilton
Partner,
White & Case

Raul Herrera
Partner, Corporate &
Securities Practice,
Arnold & Porter

James R. Jones
Chairman,
Monarch Global Strategies

Jorge Kamine
Partner, Corporate &
Financial Services,
Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Craig A. Kelly
Senior Director,
Int’l Government Relations,
Exxon Mobil

Jeremy Martin
Director,
Energy Program,
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Larry Pascal
Chairman, Americas
Practice Group,
Haynes & Boone

R. Kirk Sherr
President,
Clearview Strategy Group

Daniela Stevens
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Energy Transition and Climate Program,
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