AES Andes has announced it will discontinue its INNA green hydrogen project to focus on renewable energy and energy storage development in Chile. has canceled its 800 MW Paposo Pumping Central project in Chile after difficulty with the environmental review process, the Chilean utility announced. Colbún submitted its environmental impact assessment (EIA) last June, but the Antofagasta Environmental Assessment Service (SEA). Chile utility Colbun has faced a setback with its 800MW pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) project after its environmental impact assessment (EIA) process was terminated early, having been deemed to have provided too little information. The firm proposed the Paposo Pumped Power Station earlier this. During a keynote speech at the 4th Latin America Energy Storage Summit, Ana Lía Rojas, Executive Director of the Chilean Association of Renewable Energies and Energy Storage (ACERA), revealed that as of August 2025, the curtailed energy from solar and wind sources in Chile had reached 3.
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