GE Renewable Energy has announced its first wind energy project in Chile with Arroyo Energy Compañía de Energías Renovables Limitada. GE will be supplying six 3.6MW turbines with 137-meter rotors and 110 meters tower.
The machines will be installed at El Maitén and El Nogal wind sites in the south of the country, representing a total of 21.8MW. The country has 1.7 GW of wind power capacity installed and 4.9 GW of renewable energy capacity overall. The government-led "Energia 2050" plan states that about 60% of the country's demands should be met with renewable energy sources by 2035, and 70% by 2050.