Brazil is taking measures to expand its renewable energy and transition away from fossil fuels. The country depends on hydropower, wind, and solar. However, the energy transition faces challenges with oil and natural gas supporting transport, industry, electricity generation, and export revenue. Brazil needs to find ways to expand clean energy while reducing its dependence
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Argentina has reached a milestone in maritime electrification with the introduction of the China Zorilla, a 130-metre, fully battery-electric ferry operated by Buquebus. The vessel connects Buenos Aires, Argentina, with Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay. It also has a 41.2 MWh battery system that supports electric propulsion without direct exhaust emissions during navigation. Corvus Energy is
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Copper continues to expand copper mining industries with consequences for electricity generation, transmission infrastructure, renewable energy investment, and industrial development. The copper mining sector has attracted companies including Codelco, BHP, and Capstone Copper. Codelco and BHP have an agreement on the Anillo copper with investments of up to US$40 million. Chile will need to supply
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Lithium is a critical component in Chile’s green energy transition, electric mobility, and electricity infrastructure development. Chile has extensive opportunities to support the global shift toward renewable energy while strengthening its domestic electricity system. The country has plans to tender lithium projects and attract greater private-sector investment that could speed up production growth, increase investment
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Engie, a French company, has started operations at its 142 MW/802 MWh battery energy storage system Lile project in Chile. The project was built in a former thermal power plant in Antofagasta and represented a US$174 million investment. These developments are crucial to Chile’s solar generation potential in the Atacama Desert, creating opportunities to provide
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Chile’s mining operations are mostly in arid regions like Atacama and Antofagasta. These regions expose the mining equipment and technology to diverse environmental conditions. Thickener modernization upgrades the core mechanical, drive, and feed systems of existing thickeners in mineral processing plants instead of replacing the entire unit. Modernization ensures the mining infrastructure utilizes the already
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Peru plans to boost annual copper production by about 1 million metric tons through new mining projects. Chinese and US companies are investing amid the competition for critical minerals in South America. The Peru government is committed to reducing 100 permitting requirements across the mining sector to attract these investments. Other than the mineral resources,
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A global leading provider of integrated information and communication technology solutions, ZTE Corporation, announced a breakthrough in the backbone microwave network in Peru. This network is powered by its advanced CoMP (Coordinated Multi-point Space Diversity) solution. Using this network will address the challenges of ultra-long-distance transmission and complex deployment environments. The technology allows transmission over
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The national environmental certification service for sustainable investments (Senace) of Peru plans to give the green light with environmental criteria for a total amount of $20 billion. In this year, it plans to certify over 20 billion in projects related to mining, infrastructure, agriculture, transportation, and others. The $20 billion investment could strengthen Peru’s economic
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Peru’s electricity sector is now entering an investment cycle with the development of generation and transmission infrastructure. Currently, the country has 33 power generation projects under construction. This represents an investment of US$6.5 billion and is expected to add over 5,000 MW of new installed capacity between 2026 and 2036. The project consists of 11
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