Electrification and Flexibility of the Chilean power system
Electrification and Flexibility of the Chilean power system
A four-strand programme tackling the regulatory and planning bottlenecks that currently hold back flexibility and electrification in Chile, with concrete proposals for government and the market.
Objective
PurposeChile’s power system already produces more renewable energy than it can use at certain hours, while peak demand grows and the electrification of transport, heating and industry advances. The programme aims for flexibility (storage, demand response, distributed generation) to be planned, remunerated and operated as a system resource rather than as an exception.
Facts
DataWork streams
ScopeDistributed generation in long-term planning
How to bring distributed generation into Long-Term Energy Planning, with scenarios and methods that currently treat it as a fixed input.
Financing flexibility
Mechanisms that make flexibility assets bankable, in dialogue with banks, CORFO and the CNE.
BESS operating protocols
Operating rules for battery energy storage in the National Electric System, together with the National Electricity Coordinator.
Demand flexibility and electrification
Demand flexibility potential and electrification pathways for economic sectors, with the Ministry of Energy and the CNE.
Team
UAI · CENTRA
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