1. About Chile
CHILE REPORT Training Course on Biogas Technology for Developing Countries in by Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture (BIOMA)
By Cristián Sánchez

2. About Chile LOCATION AND TERRITORY.
Chilean territory includes the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández, Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas, and Easter Island in Oceania. Chile also has 1,250,000 square kilometres (480,000 sq mi) of Antarctica.

3. About Chile CHILE IN FIGURES Summary statistics Region South America
Region
South America
Surface area (square kilometres)
756102
Population
17,465,000
2012
Official language
Spanish
Demonym
Chilean
Capital city
Santiago
Population of capital city
6,034,000
2011
Religion
66% Catholic,
17% evangelical church
Currency
Chilean Peso (CLP)
Social indicators
Urban population (%)
89.6
2013
Sex ratio (males per 100 females)
97.9
Life expectancy at birth (females and males, years)
82.6/77.0
Education: Primary-secondary gross enrolment ratio (f/m per 100)
95.3/95.5
Economic indicators
GNI: Gross national income per capita (current US$)
2012
Exchange rates (national currency per US$)
670
Individuals using the Internet (%)
61.4

4. About Chile ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS
Chile is divided into 15 regions (I to XV).
The government of Chile is a representative democratic republic, governed by a president and National Congress consists of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies.
Michelle Bachelet

5. About Chile
GEOGRAPHY
The geography of Chile can be classified into three large areas:
1. In the north of Chile is Atacama Desert, the aridest place on Earth, contains great mineral wealth, primarily copper.
Desert of Atacama
2. In the central area there are valleys, and dominates the country in terms of population and agricultural resources.

6. About Chile
GEOGRAPHY
3. The south Chile is rich in forests, volcanoes and lakes. The southern coast is a labyrinth of fjords, canals, peninsulas, and islands.
Conguillío National Park
Osorno Volcano
A glacier at the Beagle Channel
San Rafael lagoon

7. About Chile
FLORA
In the northern desert region, vegetation consists of a spiny acacia tree, varieties of cacti as well as shrubs and spiny brambles.
Llareta
The semiarid region of central Chile, cacti, espino and algarrobo hardwood, and Adesmia shrubs are the notable flora. In the humid and temperate region of central Chile, vegetation is defined by the term matorral.
Copihue (Chilean bellflower),
national flower.
Espino

8. About Chile
FLORA
In the south, mixed forest and trees are the common vegetation types. More to the south, the dominant vegetation consists of Antarctic beech, the Chilean cedar, and the giant alerce (this tree in southern Chile is 3000 years old and is the "second largest living organism in the world").
Araucaria
Rauli
Giant alerce

9. About Chile
FAUNA
Some of the mammal species noted are: guanacos (a form of the wild llama), culpeo (fox) y flamingos (pink coloured in altiplano salt pans).
Guanaco
Culpeo Fox
Some of species reported from Southern Chile are pudú (world's smallest deer), Taruca or North Andean huemul, national animal, and Patagonian puma also called as mountain lion or cougar is found throughout Chile.
North Andean huemul
Patagonian puma
Pudú

10. About Chile
FAUNA
The national bird of Chile is Andean condor, which is in the coat of arms.

11. About Chile
TOURISM
The main attractions for tourists are places of natural beauty situated in the extreme zones of the country: San Pedro de Atacama, in the north, the Torres del Paine National Park, in the south end, and finally, Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean.
San Pedro de Atacama
Torres del Paine National Park
Moai on Easter Island

12. About Chile IMPORTANT PEOPLE Gabriela Mistral Pablo Neruda
Nobel Prize for literature in 1945
Pablo Neruda
Nobel Prize for literature in 1971

13. Electric energy ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS IN CHILE
There are four separate electricity systems in Chile:
The Central Interconnected System (SIC, Sistema Interconectado Central), which serves the central part of the country (93% of the population).
The Norte Grande Interconnected System (SING Sistema Interconectado del Norte Grande), which serves the desert mining regions in the North.
The Electric system of Aysén (SEA) and Electric system of Magallanes (SEM), which serve small areas of the extreme southern part of the country.

14. Electric energy INSTALLED CAPACITY Type of energy
Thermal 60
Hydroelectric 31
Renewable energy 9

15. Electrical generation, %
Electric energy
ELECTRICAL GENERATION
Type of energy
Electrical generation, %
SIC
SING
Total
Thermal 53 96 64
Hydroelectric 33 25
Renewable energy 14 4 11
100

16. Projects under construction
Electric energy
PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, SING
Until June 15, there are a total of 26 power generation projects under construction. Altogether reach an electrical capacity of 2354 MW, which have estimated date of entry into operation during June 2015 and June 2018.
Type of energy
Projects under construction MW %
Coal
847 36
Natural gas
517 22
Photovoltaic solar,
880 37
Concentrating solar power
110 5
Total
2354
100

17. Projects under construction
Electric energy
PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, SIC
In the SIC, until June 15, there are a total of 35 power generation projects under construction. Altogether reach an electrical capacity of 2831 MW, which have estimated date of entry into operation during June 2015 and July 2020.
Type of energy
Projects under construction MW %
Coal
139 5
Natural gas
306 11
Diesel
199 7
Wind power
112 4
Photovoltaic solar
960 34
Hydroelectric (pass)
1115 39
Total
2831
100

18. Electric energy PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, TOTAL
There are a total of 61 power generation projects under construction. Altogether reach an electrical capacity of 5185 MW.

19. Electric energy
Chile in 2014 to increase the use of renewable energies, which came to contribute a 10.9% power to the SIC, significantly outpacing the 7.3% reached in 2013.
In 2010 was promulgated the law of promotion of the renewable energies, which establishes that in the year 2025, 20% of the electrical matriz will be covered by RE.
During last year, the most productive segment of renewable energy was the biomass, followed by the hydro, wind power and finally solar.

20. Electric energy ENERGY EFFICIENCY
The policy of the country is to grow with energy efficiency. In Chile there is a government agency for energy efficiency, Chilean Agency for Energy Efficiency (AChEE).
Labelling of electrical products
From December 2015, in Chile will be prohibited the sale of incandescent light bulb. They will be replaced in an absolute way by light bulb of low energy.
Gobierno de Chile | Superintendencia de Electricidad y Combustibles

21. Biogas PROJECTS OF BIOGAS
In Chile until the year 2013 there are a total of 62 biogas projects.
Small Facilities: are facilities that are running through mechanisms of promotion of the state.
Medium-sized facilities: in most cases are to increase the efficiency of the activity, some of these burn part of the biogas in artorchas.
Large Installations: have been developed as energy projects or environmental, with foreign technology.
At present there is still no regulations for the design and construction of biogas installations (small, medium and large), so that in the past two years the government has been working on a standard for these facilities, which is in its final stage.

22. Biogas

23. Biogas

24. Biogas

25. SMALL INSTALLATIONS

26. MEDIUM INSTALLATIONS

28. LARGE INSTALLATIONS

29. LARGE INSTALLATIONS

30. LARGE INSTALLATIONS