Actis obtains 1110-MW Pelicano Solar Plant in Chile from SunPower

Actis acquired 110- megawatt (DC) EI Pelicano Solar Plant in Chile utilizing SunPower Oasis power plant technology. Anticipated to deliver around 300 gigawatt hours per year of electricity to Metro de Santiago, underground railway system. Metro de Santiago will buy the power generated by the plant under a power purchase agreement. SunPower is providing operations and maintenance services for the facility under a long-term contract. The SunPower Oasis system is a fully consolidated modular solar power block engineered for quick deployment and enhancing land use. high-efficiency SunPower solar panels installed at the site will be cleaned using SunPower’s proprietary robotic solar panel cleaning technology, which uses 75 percent less water than traditional cleaning methods and can help improve system performance by up to 15 percent.

Javier Areitio, director at Actis said “With a supportive regulatory environment and abundant solar resource, Chile is a market we know extremely well through our investments in the Aela Energía and Atlas Renewables platforms.”

Chuck Boynton, SunPower chief financial officer said “High performance SunPower Oasis technology is designed to cost-effectively maximize power generation for decades. Forward-looking organizations like Actis and Metro de Santiago are a global model for the development of solar power, reducing reliance on unsustainable energy sources.”