Chile’s Atacama desert is becoming the world’s biggest battery farm
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Chile's Atacama desert is rapidly becoming a global hub for solar-plus-storage energy, driven by extreme sun exposure and industrial demand from mining and data centers. ContourGlobal's new $500 million Victor Jara plant delivers 200 megawatts of nighttime power, joining a massive Chilean storage boom expected to exceed 8,400 megawatts by 2026.
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