Chile Indigenous Village Solar Panel

The indigenous village of caspana lies 3 300 metres above sea level in the atacama desert in northern chile.

Chile indigenous village solar panel.

Caspana chile sep 2 2015 ips liliana and luisa terán two indigenous women from northern chile who travelled to india for training in installing solar panels have not only changed their own future but that of caspana their remote village nestled in a stunning valley in the atacama desert. In particular chile has one of the largest solar potentials in the world. Liliana and luisa terán are two indigenous women from northern chile who traveled to india for training in installing solar panels. Significant potential exists in the use of biomass hydropower geothermal solar wave and wind energy.

In the centre of the village there is still a small green sheet metal hut with a gable roof which used to house the diesel fueled electric generator. Ollagüe a tiny town along chile s border with bolivia has seen a renewal since residents began getting electricity 24 hours a day last year from a bank of solar panels and wind turbines that. In chile spain s solarpack corp. It was hard for people to accept what we learned in india explained liliana terán.

With almost 356 days of clear skies high solar radiation and low humidity the atacama desert in northern chile offers excellent conditions for generating solar energy. The first of these solar villages inaugurated in january was olaroz population 300 which is in susques department in the southwest of jujuy less than 100 km from the jama pass which crosses the andes mountains into chile. The plant is due online by the end of the year at which point it will become the cheapest. Caspana chile sep 2 2015 ips liliana and luisa terán two indigenous women from northern chile who travelled to india for training in installing solar panels have not only changed their own future but that of caspana their remote village nestled in a stunning valley in the atacama desert.

Tecnologica has installed the first panels at its granja sola plant. Liliana and luisa terán two indigenous women from northern chile who travelled to india for training in installing solar panels have not only changed their own future but that of caspana their remote village nestled in a stunning valley in the atacama desert.