New photovoltaic park in the Elqui Valley will have an investment of one million dollars

A million-dollar investment has been approved for the construction of Gabriela Fountain Park in Vicuña District, Coquimbo, which will generate 9 MW.

After approval of the statement of impact on the environment of the project, confirmed that the new photovoltaic park will have an investment of $ 12 million and will use 30 hectares of land and will be located 5 kilometers north of Vicuña.

Coquimbo Intendant, Lucía Pinto, said, "We continue to work to continue to be the country's renewable energy capital, the ninth project of its kind that we approved this past year, which makes us very happy, not only for the $ 12 million investment it will make for the region, but especially for what a project of this type means. leads to protection of the environment. "

The park will have a useful life of 41 years and 6 months, while it will create 121 jobs in total, or 75 workers for its construction and 6 workers. They will develop functions when the plant will be operational, while 40 people will be employed in the closing phase.

For its part, the Seremi de Energía, Álvaro Herrera, said that it was another step to "Consolidate the Coquimbo region as a reference in matters of own production at the country level. " We are interested in energy projects, but above all of this type, because investment, development, citizenship and investment coexist perfectly. edio ambiente. "

It is estimated that between June and August 2019, Gabriela's photovoltaic park injects clean energy into the Conafe grid and the national electrical system.