The share of non-conventional renewables in Chile’s total power production came at 34.7% in May, slipping from the 35% achieved a month earlier, according to the latest figures released by Chilean national energy commission CNE.
Non-conventional renewables generated 2,440 GWh gross of electricity in May, increasing the output by 4.8% month-on-month and by 14.7% compared to the same year-ago period.
Power production from conventional sources rose by 6.5% month-on-month to 4,598 GWh gross, but fell by 8.1% year-over-year.
Generation figures for non-conventional renewables in May are presented in the table:
| Source: | Gross production in GWh: | month-on-month change: | year-on-year change: | Share in May: |
| Biomass | 194 | -0.7% | 15.3% | 8.0% |
| Wind | 840 | 30.7% | 10.1% | 34.4% |
| Solar PV | 1,218 | -9.1% | 25.7% | 49.9% |
| Solar CSP | 20 | 90% | -58.0% | 0.82% |
| Small run-of-river hydro | 133 | 24.4% | -0.9% | 5.5% |
| Geothermal | 34 | 5.5% | -25.3% | 1.4% |
The total net installed non-conventional renewable energy capacity rose to 12,838 MW in May from 12,725 MW in April. According to CNE’s figures for May, non-conventional renwables made up 40.1% of the total installed generation capacity in Chile.
