GeoPark has pulled off a new gas discovery in Chile – the Jauke Oeste gas field discovery through the drilling of the Jauke Oeste 1 exploration well in the onshore Fell block. The Latin American oil and gas company is the 100% owner of the Fell block where it drilled and completed the exploration well […]
Ridesharing company Uber Technologies has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Cornershop, a Chilean online grocery company for an undisclosed price, as per the latest retail acquisition news. In addition to Chile, Cornershop provides its online grocery delivery services in Mexico, and more recently in Peru and Toronto in Canada. Headquartered in Santiago, the […]
Solar industry news : Chinese PV inverter system solution supplier Sungrow has been awarded a contract from Enel Green Power Chile, a subsidiary of the Italian utility Enel, to supply its 1500Vdc central inverter solutions to a 400MW Copiapo solar farm in Chile. Sungrow is expected to supply its 6.25MW turnkey solution for 1500Vdc systems […]
Solar industry news : Chinese solar module manufacturer ET Energy has commenced construction of two solar projects in Chile that are part of a 31.6MW portfolio of ten projects. The Chilean solar farms are being developed under the South American country’s Program for Distributed Energy (PMGD). The first two ET Energy solar projects are each […]
Mining industry news : BHP , an Australia-based global resources company will sell its Cerro Colorado copper mine in Chile to EMR Capital, a Hong Kong-based specialist resources private equity manager to potentially earn up to $320 million. The Cerro Colorado copper mine is located in the northern part of Chile, in the Atacama Desert, […]
Japanese conglomerate Mitsui has agreed to buy an additional stake of 3.60% in the Collahuasi Copper Mine in Chile from JX Nippon Mining & Metals for an undisclosed price. The transaction will increase the overall stake of Mitsui in the Collahuasi Copper Mine to 11.03%. Located nearly 200km southeast of Iquique in northern Chile, the […]
Energy acquisition news : Investment company Actis has acquired a 110MW solar power plant in Chile named as the El Pelicano Solar Plant from California-based solar energy company SunPower. Financial terms of Actis acquisition of El Pelicano solar power project were not disclosed. The relatively new solar plant in Chile, which uses SunPower Oasis power […]
Wind industry news : Spanish wind energy company Acciona Energia has commenced construction on its 183MW San Gabriel wind farm in Chile with an aim to begin its commercial operations in September 2019. The San Gabriel wind farm, which is being built in the region of La Araucanía, is capable of meeting the power consumption […]