This
article is related to energy potential of Chile, in this case, is about the
solar energy. The article tells about an 18 month study conductec by
speciallist of the Universidad de Chile and commissioned by the Minister of
Energy, that wants to find out what is the solar energy potential of the
country.
Commonly, the
people though that Ecuador concentrates more solar radiaton than any other country
in the world (due to its position on equator), but because humid climate, the
concentration of radiation are lower than most of the people think. Instead of
that, the scientist found that Chile has more solar radiation, at Atacama
desert, were the radiation reaches arround 7 and 7.5 kilowatt-hour per square
meter, which allow that in an area of 12x12 miles of solar panels, can supply
the entire country energy demand.
This fact is
very important because demostrates that Chile has many potential to develop solar
energy projects that allows to know the truly amount of exploitable radiation
available.
But why
Atacama desert? Because of its altitude, the higher region receives the solar
radiation, and this disperses along the entire desert, allowing this high
concentration of radiation in all over the desert.
This study,
positions Chile as the country with the highest concentration of solar
radiation in the world and also, allowing the area to be studiated to learn
more about global warning.
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