Electric Power in Chile - Power Companies of Chile, Electricity Sector in Chile, Endesa, Enersis, AES Gener, Edelnor (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Power Companies of Chile, Electricity Sector in Chile, Endesa, Enersis, Aes Gener, Edelnor, Compaia General de Eletrecidad, Colbn S.a.. Excerpt: The electricity sector in Chile relies predominantly on thermal and hydro power generation . Faced with natural gas shortages, Chile began in 2007 to build its first liquefied natural gas terminal and re-gasification plant at Quintero near the capital city of Santiago to secure supply for its existing and upcoming gas-fired thermal plants.. In addition, it has engaged in the construction of several new hydropower and coal-fired thermal plants. Chiles electricity sector reform, which served as a model for other countries, was carried out in the first half of the 1980s. Vertical and horizontal unbundling of generation, transmission and distribution and large scale privatization led to soaring private investment. The 1982 Electricity Act was amended three times in 1999, 2004 and 2005 after major electricity shortages. Further amendments are envisaged. There are four separate electricity systems in Chile: the Central Interconnected System (SIC, Sistema Interconectado Central), which serves the central part of the county (75.8% of the total installed capacity and 93% of the population); the Large Northern Interconnected System (SING Sistema Interconectado del Norte Grande), which serves the desert mining regions in the North (23.3% of the total installed capacity; and the Aysn (0.3% of total capacity) and Magallanes (0.6% of total capacity) systems, which serve small areas of the extreme southern part of the country. The long distances existing among the four systems make their integration difficult. Total installed nominal capacity in April 2010 was 15.94 GW. Of the installed capacity, 64.9% is the... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=13536905