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Power plants in Chile

315 power-plant records · 22,476 MW reported capacity

  • Hydro 31%
  • Solar 24%
  • Oil 23%
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Chile at a glance

Power-plant records
315
Reported capacity
22,476 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
70%
Most records
Hydro, Solar
Capital
Santiago

Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.

How electricity works in Chile

Wholesale marketCompetitive generation, regulated retail

Solar from the Atacama desert, hydro, wind and coal supply the grid, with coal being phased out. Regulated customers buy through long-term auctions.

  1. GenerationGenerators bid into a market
  2. TransmissionSystem operator dispatches
  3. DistributionRegulated distributors
  4. CustomersRegulated tariffs

Who regulates

  • CNEEnergy regulator
  • SECEnergy regulator

Who controls the grid

The Coordinador Eléctrico Nacional dispatches the grid; transmission is owned by companies such as Transelec; distributors include Enel and CGE.

Markets & power exchanges

Regional grid

Not part of a larger synchronous grid or regional power pool.

What does “Wholesale market” mean?

Power plants compete to sell electricity in a wholesale market or pool, dispatched by a system operator. Most consumers still buy from a regulated distribution company at approved tariffs.

References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.

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ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Chile generates electricity

Electricity generated88.6 TWh
Renewable share70%
Low-carbon share70%
Carbon intensity259.9 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro26 TWh
Wind10.4 TWh
Solar20.2 TWh
Bioenergy5 TWh
Other renewables0.45 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal13.6 TWh
Gas12.7 TWh
Other fossil0.32 TWh

Missing categories are labelled “No data”. Rounding can cause small differences from the reported total.

Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.

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Geography and data notes

Chile is in South America. Its coastal or island geography provides a different setting for electricity infrastructure from inland systems. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.

Capital
Santiago
Languages
Spanish
Region
South America

Geographic reference: Countries geographic database (ODbL). Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.

The source inventory contains 315 records for Chile. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.

Inventory coverage

315 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.

77 lack an owner/operator; 315 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in Chile

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Browse 315 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

Published selection: 12 records. JavaScript loads the full searchable inventory.

874.7 MW
Owner in source
COLBUN S.A.
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
Energía Abierta · capacity year 2016Details & map
760 MW
Owner in source
AES GENER S.A.
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
Energía Abierta · capacity year 2016Details & map

RALCO

Hydro
690 MW
Owner in source
ENDESA
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
Energía Abierta · capacity year 2016Details & map
570 MW
Owner in source
EMPRESA ELECTRICA PEHUENCHE S.A.
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
Energía Abierta · capacity year 2016Details & map

COLBUN

Hydro
474 MW
Owner in source
COLBUN S.A.
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
Energía Abierta · capacity year 2016Details & map

PANGUE

Hydro
467 MW
Owner in source
ENDESA
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
Energía Abierta · capacity year 2016Details & map

EL TORO

Hydro
450 MW
Owner in source
ENDESA
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
Energía Abierta · capacity year 2016Details & map
406.35 MW
Owner in source
EMPRESA NACIONAL DE ELECTRICIDAD S.A.
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
Energía Abierta · capacity year 2016Details & map

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