Chile's hybrid heroics: pv magazine features the Ibitú project

By Blathnaid O'Dea · pv magazine, July & August 2026 edition, Market & Trends, pp. 18–21.

The article looks at how Chile's 2024 reform of capacity payments for storage unlocked a wave of battery development next to utility-scale PV in the north, with national BESS capacity expected to pass 6 GW by the end of 2026 and storage absorbing solar that would otherwise be curtailed.

Ibitú, the 500 MWh BESS and 100 MW PV project developed by GT4 Energía, Tambo3 and Endura Energy in the Copiapó commune, appears on page 20, with comments from Xavier Lara, CEO of Endura Energy, and José Lobo, Endura Energy Chile country manager and CEO of Tambo3.

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pv magazine, July and August 2026, page 18: opening of the article Chile's hybrid heroics, with a photo of Santiago. — Page 18

pv magazine, July and August 2026, page 19: continuation of the article on Chile's battery capacity payments and transmission, with a sidebar on Bolivia. — Page 19

pv magazine, July and August 2026, page 20: the section on giga-scale hybrids, including the Ibitú project and comments from Xavier Lara and José Lobo. — Page 20 · Ibitú section

pv magazine, July and August 2026, page 21: conclusion of the article, with a photo of the Pozo Almonte solar park. — Page 21 · article section

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Chile's hybrid heroics: pv magazine features the Ibitú project.

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