Kimal-Lo Aguirre receives second technical Icsara and moves forward in its environmental assessment process
The Environmental Evaluation Service (SEA) issued this Tuesday the second Consolidated Report of Clarifications, Rectifications or Expansions (Icsara) corresponding to the HVDC Kimal-Lo Aguirre project, as part of the evaluation process that began this initiative in October 2023.
The main benefits of direct current transmission technology are as follows
According to experts, compared to the country’s current alternating current systems, this technology has important stability and efficiency benefits, especially for transporting energy over long distances.
Conexión Kimal-Lo Aguirre travels to China and India to carry out technical tests of the direct current (HVDC) technology to be implemented in our country.
Meetings aimed at testing design criteria for the system’s control and protection architecture, together with resistance tests under extreme load conditions for the towers, were some of the topics worked on by the technical delegation.
Kimal – Lo Aguirre Connection: “The authority will be able to see that the project made an effort to reduce its intervention”
A little over a year after the Environmental Impact Study (EIS) of the Kimal-Lo Aguirre megaline, which will link Antofagasta and Santiago and involves an investment of some US$ 1.5 billion, was submitted, on November 22, the Kimal-Lo Aguirre Connection company submitted the first addendum, which responds to both the observations of the Consolidated Report of Clarifications, Rectifications or Extensions (ICSARA) presented by the State agencies participating in the process, as well as the observations collected during citizen participation.
The two converter substations that will give life to the Kimal-Lo Aguirre transmission project
The nominal capacity of each substation will be 3,000 MW and they will be located near the existing Kimal substations in the Antofagasta Region and Lo Aguirre in the Metropolitan Region.
Tendering process for transmission expansion works receives bids
The National Electric Coordinator held the opening ceremony of administrative and technical offers for the international public tender to expand the transmission system in various parts of the country, a process that had begun last March.
Chile expands its electric transmission system with an investment of 223.7 million dollars
Chile is in the process of expanding its electric transmission system through an international public tender organized by the National Electric Coordinator. Ten companies submitted 37 technical offers for the construction and execution of works, with a reference investment of 223.7 million dollars.
Safe energy transition
There is no doubt that we are all concerned about the effects of climate change and for this reason, the country is working to accelerate the process of transition to cleaner and renewable energies in its energy matrix.
Major projects marking the final stretch to 2024
Developments in green energy, sustained investment in mining and desalination plants and the race to materialize plans for infrastructure and railway concessions will maintain activity in the second half of this year, in contrast to the slow scenario in the real estate sector.
Green hydrogen could be part of the solution to landfill in Chile
