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San Andrés Battery Energy Storage System

  • Location Chile
  • Energy Battery Energy Storage
  • Client Market
  • Status In operation
  • Commissioned 2024
  • Gross installed capacity 35
  • Participation Innergex (%) 100

The San Andrés battery energy storage project, with a storage capacity of 35 MW/175 MWh (5 hours), is located on the site of Innergex's existing San Andrés solar park (50.6 MW) in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile.

The San Andrés battery project features Mitsubishi Power's Emerald storage solution. It redistributes the renewable energy generated by the solar facility and stored during the day into the evening. Work on the site began in February 2023 and the system reached commercial operation in 2024.