How Gas Interests Hindered Chile’s Shift to Renewable Power
Chile positions itself as a worldwide climate change leader. Solar and wind projects generate about 22 percent of Chile’s electricity, greatly exceeding the global average of 10 percent. In 2008, it was one of the first governments to establish sustainability targets.
Despite the fact that solar panels have grown across the northern and central of the long, thin country, imported fossil fuels have been able to …