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Colbún S.A. is an electric utility company in Chile. The company was created in 1982 and privatized in 1997. Originally it had only two hydroelectric plants, Machicura and Colbún from where it gets it name. Today Colbún S.A. generates a total of 2514 MW of which 1274 comes from hydropower and 1236 from fossil fuels plants.[1] Colbún S.A. supplies the Sistema Interconectado Central power grid that spans Zona Central and Zona Sur but is currently developing a controversial joint venture project with ENDESA, called HidroAysén, to create five hydroelectrical power plants in Aisén Region.
See also
- HidroAysén
- Ralco Hydroelectric Plant
- Endesa (Chile)
References
- ^ (Spanish)Quienes somos by Colbún S.A.
Energy in Chile Companies Celulosa Arauco y Constitución · Colbún S.A. · Compañia General de Eletrecidad · Copec · Endesa · Geotérmia del Pacífico · Geotérmica del NortePower grids Sistema Eléctrico de Aysén · Sistema Eléctrico de Magallanes · Sistema Interconectado Central (Blackouts: March 2010 · September 2011) · Sistema Interconectado del Norte GrandePower plants GeothermalTolhuaca (planned)Antuco · Chivilingo (defunct) · Colbún · El Toro · HidroAysén (planned) · Pangue · Pehuenche · Pilmaiquén · Pullinque · RalcoThermalValdiviaGuacolda · VentanasAntilhue I · Antilhue IICategory:Energy in Chile This South American corporation or company article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.