Chile Quilleco Hydropower Project
Sector: Solar • Location: Chile
Source: World Bank Group
The Chile Quilleco Hydroelectric Project aims to provide financial support through a market-based mechanism for private investment in projects in the Chilean power sector that reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, thereby generating Certified Emissions Reductions (CERs,) under the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFC
- Status
- Closed
- Sector
- Solar, Power Generation (CCGT), Biomass, Wind, Geothermal, Government, Hydro
- Location
- Chile
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- World Bank Group
ConstructChat
Ask ConstructChat about Chile Quilleco Hydropower Project
Pick a question to edit it, or write your own.
First answer free · no account
Project Information FAQ
Project Information
Participants
Sponsoring Agency |
Status
Original status | closed |
Taiyo status | Closed |
Taiyo last update | 2026-07-22 |
Contact
| Not available for this record. |
Description
Description | The Chile Quilleco Hydroelectric Project aims to provide financial support through a market-based mechanism for private investment in projects in the Chilean power sector that reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, thereby generating Certified Emissions Reductions (CERs,) under the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Quilleco project consists of a 70 MW run-of-river hydropower plant, located on the Laja River, 8 km downstream of the existing Rucue hydropower plant. The project will generate in average about 422 GWh per year, with a firm power capacity of approximately 47 MW. The project will feed into the Central Interconnected System through a 0.5 km 220 kV transmission line connected to the Central Interconnected System. The Netherlands Clean Development Mechanism Facility will purchase 100,000 tCO2e of CERs each year between 2008-2011, and additional CERs produced by the project will be retained by the firm Tractebel - one of Colbun's shareholders. |
Original sector | FY17 - Energy and Extractives |
Budget |
Location
Country | Chile |
Source
Source | World Bank Group |
URL |
More Details
Record type | Project |
Sector | Solar, Power Generation (CCGT), Biomass, Wind, Geothermal, Government, Hydro |
Article published date | 2025-12-17 |
Research
Free account
View all details
You are reading the public part. A free account opens the rest:
- Every detail on this project
- News and media coverage
- Technical research
Free account · no card · lands you back on this project