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First Solar Power Plant in Chile is World’s First to Deliver Grid Services

The facility, located in Copiapó, Chile, is now being used by the ISO to manage the frequency of the country’s electricity system.

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By: Anthony Locicero

Copy editor, New York Post

First Solar, Inc. announced that its 141-megawatt (MW)AC Luz del Norte photovoltaic (PV) power plant is the world’s first known utility-scale solar facility licensed to deliver ancillary grid services commercially.    Chile’s independent system operator (ISO), Coordinador Eléctrico Nacional, recently added Luz del Norte to its portfolio of large-scale power generators that are approved to deliver a range of grid services, including automatic generation control (AGC).   The facility, loca...

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