Solar plant Maria Elena, 185 hectares, 250.000 photovoltaic modules
Antofagasta, Atacama desert. Electric network technicians upgrading a new line outside the city of Antofagasta.
Antofagasta, Atacama desert. New line outside the city of Antofagasta upgrading.
Antofagasta, Atacama desert. Solar public illumination on highway.
Solar plants. Atacama Desert, Chile.
Dust cleaning operation in the La Huayca II, a massive solar plant in the Atacama desert, Tarapacá region.
The Cerro Dominador is a 210 MW solar-thermal project, combining photovoltaic energy and solar concentrating power. The project is the biggest of his kind in in Latin America and will prevent of the emission of approximately 870.000 tons of CO2 per year.
The Cerro Dominador tower at sunset. Cerro Dominador is a 210 MW solar-thermal project, combining photovoltaic energy and solar concentrating power. The project is the biggest of his kind in in Latin America and will prevent of the emission of approximately 870.000 tons of CO2 per year.
Lifesize dinosaur model, near Pica, Atacama desert. The area is full of solar plants and is also called dinosaurs valley because it preserved several fossils.
Road in construction with an Animita near La Huayca II, a massive solar plant in the Atacama desert, Tarapacá region.
Truck blocked in the desert during the construction of a new solar plant inside the Marcamasi cooperative, a collaboration between 17 families in rural areas founded on the common investment for solar plants.
Water gallon wastes in the Arnoldo Quezada energetic independent farm. The Atacama region is the driest non-polar desert in the world.
Daniela Mamani, 64. Her farm is part of the Marcamasi cooperative, a collaboration between 17 families in rural areas founded on the common investment for solar plants.
Milka Condoi, swimming in the water reserve of her energetic independent farm. The two solar plants installed in 2015 supplies for the reservoir water extraction and her house needs.
Solar powered public illumionation, Tamarugal area.
The Zofri Mall with 960 solar panel on the roofs produces 42.500 kwh per month, almost the 35% of total energy consumption of the structure.
Panoramic view of Iquique, harbour city part of the Tarapacá region, Chile. The city is surrounded by Cerro Dragón, the biggest urban dune in the World, that set the border with the Atacama desert.
Thermal waters, known as “Cocha”, set in a natural hollow in the volcanic rock of Pica, almost 60 km south-east of Pozo Almonte, Atacama desert.
Marching band practicing for the San Andrés parade in Pica, a small touristic town set in a natural hollow in the volcanic rock of Pica, almost 60 km south-east of Pozo Almonte, Atacama desert.
Cerro Pabellon cables near the Road 21. Italian state owned company ENEL built the Cerro Pabellon geothermal power plant, the first of his kind in Latin America that started delivering electricity to the SING in April 2017.
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El Tatio geyser with an old geothermal station in the background. El Tatio stands at 4,320 meters above mean sea level and counts over 80 active geysers, making it the largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere and the third largest in the world. Italian state owned company ENEL built the Cerro Pabellon geothermal power plant, the first of his kind in Latin America that started delivering electricity to the SING in April 2017.
Indigenous keepers of El Tatio geysers. El Tatio stands at 4,320 meters above mean sea level and counts over 80 active geysers, making it the largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere and the third largest in the world.Italian state owned company ENEL built the Cerro Pabellon geothermal power plant, the first of his kind in Latin America that started delivering electricity to the SING in April 2017.
Salt flats in Ollagüe, a small volcanic town near the Bolivian border.
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Road 21 maintenance mixing salt with water as asphalt's base. Región de Tarapacá, near the Bolivian border.
Waste collection by locals in the Inca Coya lake, a famous tourists location.