page_title: Renewable energy in Chile
hierarchical_section_title: Renewable energy in Chile
caption_attribution_description: English: Solar Radiation Map: Global Horizontal Irradiation Map of Chile, SolarGIS.
context_page_description: Renewable energy in Chile is classified as Conventional and Non Conventional Renewable Energy, and includes biomass, hydro-power, geothermal, wind and solar among other energy sources. Most of the time, when referring to Renewable Energy in Chile, it will be the Non Conventional kind.
  Chile has considerable geothermal, solar and wind energy resources while fossil fuel resources are limited. Chile has been described as a "a world leader in renewable energy development." In 2016 Non Conventional Renewable Energy provided 7,794 GWh, or 11.4% of the country's total electricity generation. NCRE accounted for 17.2% of the installed electricity generation capacity by the end of 2016.
context_section_description: Renewable energy in Chile is classified as Conventional and Non Conventional Renewable Energy (NCRE), and includes biomass, hydro-power, geothermal, wind and solar among other energy sources. Most of the time, when referring to Renewable Energy in Chile, it will be the Non Conventional kind.
  Chile has considerable geothermal, solar and wind energy resources while fossil fuel resources are limited. Chile has been described as a "a world leader in renewable energy development." In 2016 Non Conventional Renewable Energy provided 7,794 GWh, or 11.4% of the country's total electricity generation. NCRE accounted for 17.2% of the installed electricity generation capacity by the end of 2016.
caption: Solar radiation map of Chile
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