Chile is a leader in renewable energy, with wind and solar power providing a significant portion of its electricity. Chile’s climate, geography, and government policies have helped it become a global leader in clean energy.

Climate and geography

• Solar: The Atacama Desert in northern Chile has some of the world’s highest levels of solar radiation.
• Wind: Chile’s 4,000 km coastline provides ideal conditions for wind farms.
• Geothermal: Chile has large amounts of geothermal energy stored under its volcanoes.

Government policies

• Legislation: Encourages investment in electricity generation capacity.
• National electricity system: A single interconnected system since 2017.
• Net-zero goal: A pledge to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.
• Just Transition Strategy: Focuses on green hydrogen and electric mobility.

Renewable energy sources

• Solar and wind power have more than doubled their share of Chile’s electricity since 2019.
• In 2024, renewables provided 70% of Chile’s electricity.
• Chile’s green electricity can be used to create zero-emission hydrogen fuels.

Foreign investment

• Chile has attracted significant foreign investment in renewable energy projects since 2010.

Gabriel Boric is the current President of Chile and a member of the Social Convergence party.

The Social Convergence (Spanish: Convergencia Social, CS) was a left-wing political party in Chile, founded by Boric himself. It is now led by Diego Ibáñez.

Established in 2018, the party emerged from the merger of several leftist groups, including the Autonomist Movement (MA), Libertarian Left (IL) (though a faction split from the party in 2019), Socialism and Freedom (SOL), and New Democracy (ND). It was part of the broader leftist coalition known as the Broad Front (Frente Amplio). By mid-2019, members of the movement initiated the process of registering it as a legally recognized political party.

 

A massive nationwide power blackout has left approximately 19 million people in Chile without electricity.

According to government sources, the outage spans from the northern Arica and Parinacota region to the southern Los Lagos region.

While the full extent of the disruption remains unclear, the world’s largest copper mine, Escondida, has lost power, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.

LATAM Airlines reported that several flights were disrupted due to the blackout and urged passengers to check their flight status.

The National Electrical Coordinator, the agency overseeing Chile’s power grid, attributed the outage to a transmission system failure in the Norte Chico region. Officials estimate that 80.1 percent of customers were affected.

Interior Minister Carolina Tohá announced on X that an emergency meeting with the Disaster Risk Management Committees had been called to address the situation.

“Given the power outage affecting the regions from Arica and Parinacota to Los Lagos, I have convened an immediate meeting of the National #Cogrid [Disaster Risk Management Committees] to implement emergency measures and restore service,” she stated.

The blackout plunged Santiago into darkness, knocking out streetlights across the capital. Witnesses reported hearing emergency sirens echoing through the city as authorities responded.

“There’s nothing—no cash, no money, nothing,” said Jose Luis Orlandini, who was dining in downtown Santiago when the power went out.

The Santiago metro, which serves millions of commuters, was shut down, forcing the evacuation of passengers from stalled trains. Footage from across the country showed travelers navigating dimly lit train stations, walking up inactive escalators, and facing non-functioning traffic signals.

Long queues formed for buses, which remained operational but were overwhelmed by the surge in demand.

“They let us leave work because of the power cut, but now I have no idea how I’ll get home—all the buses are full,” said Maria Angelica Roman, 45, speaking to AFP news agency.

Tohá assured the public that power restoration efforts were underway and expected progress in the coming hours.

“We hope that as we’ve been told, electrical service will return in the next few hours,” she said. “If not, we will need to take additional measures.”

Meanwhile, Antofagasta, a major copper mining group, reported that its mines were running on backup generators.

The blackout also stranded passengers on a roller coaster at Santiago’s Fantasilandia amusement park just as the ride was about to descend. Park officials told CNN Chile that backup generators were activated to safely evacuate riders.

Socialists tend to focus on social justice and ignore the economy, as well as push a censorship agenda, simultaneously angering key individuals in their economy. People, especially young people, like to romanticize socialism because socialist salespeople know how to make complicated market-based economic things seem easy.

Let’s limit fossil fuel production because renewables are just as good, let’s punish those evil “rich” people. The ends justify the means.

No matter how bad things get, socialism is the only way forward. This is how retarded socialists’ minds work, and they will stick to their ideals until the end because they’ve been SOLD on those wacko ideals by socialist politicians.