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Chile’s solar fleet hit a 75% midday power peak as storage becomes central to the grid

Chile’s power system is absorbing record solar output, but rapid growth in battery storage is becoming just as important as new photovoltaic capacity.

Key Takeaways

Solar provided 28.7% of Chile’s monthly electricity in March and reached a 75.1% instantaneous peak.
Renewables supplied 62% of the system’s generation for the month.

DT Editorial Team·May 9, 2026·via pv-magazine.com

NASA imagery captures Patagonia’s brief autumn blaze in southern Chile

A clear April pass by Landsat 9 revealed vivid red-orange forests in Chile’s Magallanes region, highlighting the ecology and range of southern beech trees at the edge of the world’s southernmost temperate forests.

Key Takeaways

Landsat 9 captured vivid autumn forest color in Chile’s Magallanes region on April 12, 2026.
NASA says Patagonia contains the southernmost temperate forests in the world.

DT Editorial Team·Apr 28, 2026·via science.nasa.gov

Chile’s New Submillimeter Telescope Opens With Ambitions to Map the Early Universe Faster Than Ever

The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope has been inaugurated on Cerro Chajnantor in Chile, combining an extreme high-altitude site with a wide-field design built for rapid surveys of the millimeter and submillimeter sky.

Key Takeaways

The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope was inaugurated on April 9 atop Cerro Chajnantor in Chile.
Its Prime Cam instrument will use more than 100,000 superconducting detectors.

DT Editorial Team·Apr 16, 2026·via universetoday.com

Chile’s energy transition is entering a harder phase focused on storage, efficiency, and electrification

At the RE+ Southern Cone Summit, Chile’s energy minister called for a more proactive strategy that goes beyond renewable leadership and tackles losses, infrastructure, and fossil-fuel dependence.

DT Editorial Team·Apr 1, 2026·via pv-magazine.com

Space

A breathtaking new photograph from the European Southern Observatory captures laser beams creating artificial reference stars above the Very Large Telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert, showcasing the cutting-edge adaptive optics technology that allows ground-based telescopes to rival the clarity of space observatories.

DT Editorial Team·Feb 17, 2026·6 min read·via space.com

#chile

Chile’s solar fleet hit a 75% midday power peak as storage becomes central to the grid

NASA imagery captures Patagonia’s brief autumn blaze in southern Chile

Chile’s New Submillimeter Telescope Opens With Ambitions to Map the Early Universe Faster Than Ever

Chile’s energy transition is entering a harder phase focused on storage, efficiency, and electrification

Chile’s solar fleet hit a 75% midday power peak as storage becomes central to the grid

NASA imagery captures Patagonia’s brief autumn blaze in southern Chile

Chile’s New Submillimeter Telescope Opens With Ambitions to Map the Early Universe Faster Than Ever

Chile’s energy transition is entering a harder phase focused on storage, efficiency, and electrification

Lasers Create Artificial Stars Above Chile's Paranal Observatory in Stunning New Photo