Lithium Regulatory Changes in Chile
16 de agosto de 2010
Chile must change its lithium-related regulations in order to guarantee long-term access to lithium and emerge as a global leader in the rapidly growing industry.
Chile must change its lithium-related regulations in order to guarantee long-term access to lithium and emerge as a global leader in the rapidly growing industry.
Phoenix Group announced the construction of a large wind power plant in Coquimbo, a region north of Santiago. The 120 MW installed in the first phase will be put into service by 2012.
Unique exposure to both mineral and brine sources of lithium, with the ability to respond to the growing demand for lithium for electric vehicles batteries.
Vestas will establish a new wind turbines sales office in Chile, which will be located in the country’s capital, Santiago de Chile.
The Wind park is located in the Choapa Province – Coquimbo Region- and consists in the Canela Wind Farm (18.15 MW), which entered into operations in late 2007, and Canela II (60 MW).
Former Chilean Energy Minister Marcelo Tokman hired to promote the development of wind power in Latin America.
Emplazado a 4.110 metros sobre el nivel del mar, el aerogenerador forma parte de la mina Veladero, yacimiento vecino al proyecto aurífero chileno-argentino Pascua-Lama.
It’s the 46 MW Totoral plant, the third wind farm of the Coquimbo project, which includes 12 facilities totalizing 1,188 MW.
A major wind power in Chile is Laguna Verde. The wind farm already has environmental approval, said Jose Ignacio Escobar, general manager of the company in Chile.
The wind farm will be 5 kilometers east of Calama, will cost $ 700 million and will have 125 wind turbines and 250 MW.