(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 26.Mar.2019) — Chile’s Energy Minister Susana Jiménez, during a speech at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit (BNEF) this week in New York, said the Chilean energy sector is today a dynamic and competitive sector, where the investment engine is completely private.
In 2018, Chile’s energy sector attracted investment of close to $3.1 billion, and in so doing became the third economic sector in terms of investment in the country, Chile’s Energy Ministry announced in an official statement on its website, citing the minister.
“Today, we have 30 generation plants under construction, equivalent to almost 1,900 megawatts of power,” Jiménez said. “It is fundamental that electric transmission accompany these developments. There are 1,351 kilometers of transmission lines under construction, which will require an investment close to $1.7 billion once completed,” she concluded.
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