Chile’s Atacama desert is becoming the world’s biggest battery farm

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By Alina Maria StanMay 27, 2026, 4:25 pm127 ptsTrending
ContourGlobal, the independent power producer backed by KKR, has inaugurated a nearly $500 million solar-and-storage facility in Chile’s Atacama desert that stores daytime solar energy and delivers it after sundown. The Victor Jara hybrid plant combines 231 megawatt-peak of photovoltaic capacity with 1.3…

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