The issues shaping the future of energy in Chile.
We publish our reading on each of them and take part in the public conversation. Every piece carries its date and source.
Our reading, issue by issue
Storage
Cybersecurity
- Grid cybersecurity: Chile's new standard reaches consultation as the sector already reports attacks On August 28, Chile's energy regulator opened its electric-sector cybersecurity standard for public consultation, a process begun in 2021. A day earlier, the grid operator's official log recorded four events at two coordinated companies' facilities, self-reported by the companies as cyberattacks.
- The ANCI deadline is a strategic opening, not just a compliance date The convergence of NERC CIP with Chile's cybersecurity law is also a strategic opportunity. With EnergySage and AnguitaOsorio, we explore how robust cybersecurity can translate into better financing terms, PPAs, and M&A valuations.
- Cybersecurity in energy assets: beyond regulatory compliance The ransomware attack on a Colombian distributor — which left thousands unable to pay their bills — shows what's at stake: cybersecurity is no longer a regulatory cost — it's what determines which energy assets stay profitable and which become liabilities.
Data centres
- Courting the demand before defining how to connect it Seven days apart, Chile's government convened the global data center industry and published a plan that projects that demand and reinforces the need to expand transmission. Both facts are public and official. What has not yet been defined is a framework specific to this kind of load.
- Chile hasn't decided what kind of data center it wants There are two data center models and they aren't compatible: one requires bulk transmission that will take five to six years; the other only needs contracts that don't yet exist. Infrastructure decisions are being made using the headline number.
Capacity and prices
- When the rule gets calculated before the parameters are published 2026 will be calculated under a methodology whose parameters have yet to be published — and that year feeds the five-year average behind 2027's firm capacity (Potencia de Suficiencia). What's decided in October doesn't get corrected in November.
- One blackout cost on the order of a year of capacity payments The ISCI study on Chile's February 2025 blackout puts its economic cost at up to US$984 million — the same order of magnitude as what the system pays for capacity in a year. The study itself points to where the asymmetry lies.
Resilience and operations
- On site: a technical visit to CEME1, Generadora Metropolitana's solar plant 882,000 panels across 435 hectares of the Atacama Desert. What a technical visit reveals about the operation of large solar plants.
- Designing tomorrow's Chilean power system today Chile's February 2025 nationwide blackout exposed an uncomfortable truth: the energy transition isn't enough if the system can't take a hit, adapt, and recover quickly. Three threats and four courses of action to make resilience a national priority.
Technology and innovation
- AI and cross-border collaboration will reshape Latin America's power markets With the BESS del Desierto storage system, Chile is on track to reach in January 2026 a storage target set for 2030. With over 60% renewables in the mix, AI and cross-border collaboration — not just more batteries — are what's missing for a 24/7 emissions-free system by 2030.
- What AI could actually do for Chile's power market after the blackout Five ways artificial intelligence could create real value in Chile's power market, from local energy-trading platforms to storage-backed virtual power plants — some possible under today's rules, others requiring regulatory adjustments.
In the public conversation
Where our reading appears: press, interviews and pieces with our partners.
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BESS plants: large-scale storage in the mining power mix
Why the value of batteries for a mining company is firmer supply, not only cheaper energy.
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ViewThe future of the power system: the key role of storage
With Acera and DNV, on storage as an enabler of secure grid operation.
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ViewChile as an energy technology laboratory
Why Chile's market is the most demanding place to prove renewable technologies.
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ViewVirtual net billing: access to solar energy without installations
Nexgy, the EnergySage investment bringing solar power to homes without installing panels.
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ViewEnergy transformation in Chile
The future of the sector, critical-infrastructure cybersecurity and technological innovation.
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