With almost 356 days of clear skies high solar radiation and low humidity the atacama desert in northern chile offers excellent conditions for generating solar energy.
Chile indigenous village solar panel.
In particular chile has one of the largest solar potentials in the world.
Liliana and luisa terán two indigenous women from northern chile who travelled to india for training in installing solar panels have not only changed their own future but that of caspana their remote village nestled in a stunning valley in the atacama desert.
The indigenous village of caspana lies 3 300 metres above sea level in the atacama desert in northern chile.
The plant is due online by the end of the year at which point it will become the cheapest.
The first of these solar villages inaugurated in january was olaroz population 300 which is in susques department in the southwest of jujuy less than 100 km from the jama pass which crosses the andes mountains into chile.
Caspana chile sep 2 2015 ips liliana and luisa terán two indigenous women from northern chile who travelled to india for training in installing solar panels have not only changed their own future but that of caspana their remote village nestled in a stunning valley in the atacama desert.
In the centre of the village there is still a small green sheet metal hut with a gable roof which used to house the diesel fueled electric generator.
Together they have not only changed their future but that of their remote village caspana as well.
Caspana chile sep 2 2015 ips liliana and luisa terán two indigenous women from northern chile who travelled to india for training in installing solar panels have not only changed their own future but that of caspana their remote village nestled in a stunning valley in the atacama desert.
Tecnologica has installed the first panels at its granja sola plant.
Liliana and luisa terán are two indigenous women from northern chile who traveled to india for training in installing solar panels.
Caspana chile sep 02 ips liliana and luisa terán two indigenous women from northern chile who travelled to india for training in installing solar panels have not only changed their own future but that of caspana their remote village nestled in a stunning valley in the atacama desert.
Today the generator is only a back up system for the 127 houses that have an autonomous supply of three hours a day of electricity thanks to the solar panels installed by the two cousins.
Ollagüe a tiny town along chile s border with bolivia has seen a renewal since residents began getting electricity 24 hours a day last year from a bank of solar panels and wind turbines that.