Sun and wind now beat fossil fuels in Chile

2025 shares (wind and solar 38%, fossil 34%, low-carbon 66%) are from Ember's Chile country profile (updated 25 May 2026), which Ember rounds to whole numbers. 2019 shares (wind and solar 14%, fossil 53%, renewables 47%) are from Ember's release 'Chile surpasses 40% wind and solar for the first time in December' (10 Jan 2025, https://ember-energy.org/latest-updates/chile-surpasses-40-wind-and-solar-for-the-first-time-in-december/); 2019 and 2025 come from different Ember data vintages. 'Hydro and other clean' is derived: low-carbon minus wind and solar (66-38 = 28 in 2025; 47-14 = 33 in 2019; Chile has no nuclear power). Solar's 25% share and its global rank (second after Hungary) are from Ember's Global Electricity Review 2026 (p. 60, https://ember-energy.org/app/uploads/2026/04/Global-Electricity-Review-2026.pdf). The same January 2025 release put wind and solar at 33% and fossil at 30% in 2024, so the crossover first happened in 2024; Ember's earlier report 'Wind and solar overtake coal in Chile' (Oct 2022) found wind and solar first beat coal alone over Oct 2021-Sep 2022. '2.7x' / 'almost tripled' is derived (38/14 = 2.7).

Published 3 Nov 2026