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Chile inaugurates Latin Amerca's first thermosolar energy plant in Atacama desert

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Atacama Desert, Jun 8 (EFE).- Chile inaugurated Tuesday the first thermosolar energy plant in Latin America known as Cerro Dominador.With around 10,600 heliostats, 392,000 solar panels and a 250 meter high tower, the plant is located in the Atacama desert,where it will get one of the highest levels of solar radiation in the world. (Camera: JOSE CAVIEDES).SHOT LIST: THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF CERRO DOMINADOR IN ATACAMA DESERT, CHILE.SOUND BITE: CHILEAN PRESIDENT SEBASTIAN PIÑERA (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATION: Cerro Dominador is not just a state-of-the-art energy project, it is much more than that. It is a step towards a better, cleaner, more sustainable, greener world, in which human beings will not only have the assurance that we can survive on planet earth, but also have a good quality of life.

Added on the 09/06/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés

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