Víctor Jara Hybrid Power Plant
Sector: Energy Storage • Location: Tarapacá Region, Chile
Source: pv magazine Global
The Víctor Jara hybrid power plant in Chile's Tarapacá Region combines a 231 MW solar photovoltaic plant with a 200 MW / 1.3 GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) designed to provide up to 6.5 hours of continuous energy supply after sunset. It is the longest-duration operational utility-scale BESS project in Latin America and is part of ContourGlobal's solar-plus-storage portfolio in Chile.
- Status
- Closed
- Sector
- Energy Storage, Power Generation (CCGT), Solar, Power Transmission
- Location
- Tarapacá Region, Chile
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- pv magazine Global
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Description | The Víctor Jara hybrid power plant in Chile's Tarapacá Region combines a 231 MW solar photovoltaic plant with a 200 MW / 1.3 GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) designed to provide up to 6.5 hours of continuous energy supply after sunset. It is the longest-duration operational utility-scale BESS project in Latin America and is part of ContourGlobal's solar-plus-storage portfolio in Chile. |
Original sector | Energy |
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Country | Chile |
State | Tarapacá Region |
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Source | pv magazine Global |
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Record type | Project |
Sector | Energy Storage, Power Generation (CCGT), Solar, Power Transmission |
Article published date | 2026-06-01 |
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