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Full article Soon Chile will “ leave the era of coal behind,” said Jobet. (Pic Twitter)
Chilean plans to close half of the country s coal-fired electricity generating plants by 2025, Energy Minister Juan Carlos Jobet assured Wednesday during a ceremony in which the generating company Engie vowed to either close or convert six of the oldest plants by 2024, with a capacity of 800 megawatts (MW).
According to Jobs, this will be an important step towards cutting down pollution and the emission of greenhouse gases, which would result in a better energy matrix.
The minister claimed Chile has all the conditions to stop importing fossil fuels and export clean energy thanks to its natural potential, which would allow - he said - to install 70 times more capacity than the one existing today and thus contribute to decarbonize the planet and improve the quality of life of the populations where the thermoelectric plants that run on coal