Chile’s long-term plan sees up to 58 GW of new solar by 2057

The PELP 2028-2032 preliminary report models five scenarios shaped by economic growth, fuel prices, technology costs, and energy policy. pv magazine notes that the plan starts from 4,078 MW of BESS installed or under construction by the end of 2026, with average duration of 4.3 hours, and then points toward longer six- and eight-hour batteries. Solar remains the dominant new resource in northern Chile, while storage becomes the key flexibility tool because the model adds batteries but no new pumped hydro or thermal storage.