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Víctor Jara Hybrid Power Plant

Sector: Energy Storage • Location: Tarapacá Region, Chile

Source: pv magazine Global

Project
Completed

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.

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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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The project “Víctor Jara Hybrid Power Plant” is an infrastructure initiative in the Energy Storage sector, located in Tarapacá Region, Chile. Taiyo aggregates data on it from pv magazine Global.

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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.

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Chile

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Tarapacá Region

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pv magazine Global

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Energy Storage, Power Generation (CCGT), Solar, Power Transmission

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2026-06-01

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