Chilean-French $900 Million Pumped-Storage Project Enters Chile Environmental Review

Chile Key Facts —Project. Central de Bombeo Atacama, a pumped-storage hydropower plant in Caldera, Atacama Region. —Investment. US$900 million, filed as an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) with Chile’s SEIA. —Joint Venture. Chile’s Susterra and France’s Hyvity are the developers behind the scheme. —Capacity. Up to 450 MW of generation and 3,600 MWh of storage, delivering…