Southern Cone Overview: Consulting for each reactor, distributed generation, storage, projects

The Argentine Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEA) is seeking advice on the planned purchase of prototype equipment for the Carem-25 reactor.

The 32-megawatt modular reactor, which will cost US$700 million, is under construction in the province of Buenos Aires. A central goal is to validate the design and provide technical inputs to the engineers designing the Karem plant on a commercial scale.

Bids for the 12-month consultancy contract are set to open on November 10, according to bid documents published by CNEA.

Carem-25 is the first reactor designed and built nationwide in Argentina. Its debut will start in 2027.

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The Argentine province of Rio Negro wants to abide by the federal government’s Distributed Generation Act.

The Rio Negro Executive Branch introduced a related bill.

User generators operating under Federal Law 27424 can receive benefits, including tax credits. Nationwide, the system had 959 user generators totaling 16.3 MW in August, compared to 614 for 6.92 MW in September 2021. A further 7.3 MW is in the pipeline.

14 jurisdictions have submitted to law and there is pressure on the provincial legislature Neuken To join the issuance of the required regulation, after giving the green light to a related legislative proposal. Some regions, such as the densely populated province of Buenos Aires, have partially adhered to the federal scheme. Others, such as Santa Fe, introduced their own systems.

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Chile’s Electricity Transmission and Energy Storage Act is nearing approval in Congress, with the Senate Finance Committee giving it the green light.

The bill will be voted on by the full Senate on Wednesday, and then, if approved, as seems likely, will go to President Gabriel Borek for his signature.

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A US$73 million solar photovoltaic and battery storage project has been resubmitted for environmental assessment in Chile.

Betotoy It will have a nominal capacity of 9 MW and an installed capacity of 30 MW. Owner of the project , o energyplans to build the plant in the northern Atacama region.

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Also in Chile, Engy Energy Bimoco Wind Project, valued at US$230 million, was offered for environmental assessment purposes.

A 194 MW plant is planned in the Nobili region, in the central part of the country. A substation and a 4 km long transmission line have also been proposed.