Overpowered: Too much solar electricity makes Chile give it away for free

Overpowered: Too much solar electricity makes Chile give it away for free

Chile’s main solar power plants are supplying so much electricity that they have to give it away for free or face prices going down. The glut has been driven by the country’s booming copper industry.

Chile’s growing energy demand has prompted the development of 29 solar farms to supply the central grid.