HidroAysén

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Coordinates: 45 ° 34 ′ 0 ″  S , 72 ° 4 ′ 0 ″  W.

Map: Chile
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Location of the Baker dams
Location of the Pascua dams

HidroAysén is a planned dam project with five reservoirs and five hydropower plants in Chile's Aysén region , two of them on the Río Baker and three on the Pascua . The flooded area would be up to 59 km². The project is controversial among environmentalists and local residents. Effects on the Laguna San Rafael National Park and other national parks are feared.

The planned electrical output amounts to a total of 2750 megawatts and the average annual energy production 18,430 GWh . The capital cost is estimated at $ 3.2 billion (or 1.5 trillion Chilean pesos), making it the largest power project in Chilean history. The project would cover 20% of the energy needs in Chile. The electricity is to be conducted with a high-voltage line to Santiago de Chile and the mines in northern Chile.

HidroAysén is owned by a joint venture between Endesa (a subsidiary of the Italian company Enel ) to 51% and Colbún SA to 49%.

At the beginning of June 2014, the Chilean government stopped the project because of the protests and various shortcomings. An appeal can be lodged against the decision.

  • The Rio Baker

  • The San Rafael Lagoon is the main attraction of the Laguna San Rafael National Park

  • Former President Piñera is a proponent of the project.

  • A protest against HidroAysen in Barcelona, ​​Spain. The banner reads “No HydroAysén, dam free Patagonia”, the opposition's slogan.

Movie

In 2010 the documentary 180 Degrees South: Conquerors of the Useless was released, which tells the journey of Jeff Johnson in 2007 from California to the Corcovado volcano in the Chilean part of Patagonia . The film shows demonstrations by the residents of Patagonia against the dam construction project on the Río Baker.

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  1. ↑ El proyecto HidroAysén , accessed on July 29, 2014 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ HidroAysén retoma trámite ambiental y entrega adenda con respuestas , Terra Colombia, April 11, 2011, accessed on July 29, 2014 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Chile rejects huge hydro-electric project in Patagonia , accessed on July 29, 2014 (English)

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