Chile and Global Energy Interconnection Cooperation Organization signed a cooperation statement

China Energy Storage Network News: On August 29, Eduardo Frei, former President of Chile and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Chile to the Asia-Pacific region, was invited to visit the Global Energy Interconnection Development Cooperation Organization, held talks with Liu Zhenya, Chairman of the Global Energy Interconnection Development Cooperation Organization and Chairman of the China Electricity Council, and delivered a speech. On the same day, the Chilean Ministry of Energy and the cooperation organization signed a joint statement on cooperation between the two sides.

It is reported that Frey's visit is the first foreign leader at the head of state level to be welcomed by the Global Energy Interconnection Development Cooperation Organization since its establishment. It is of great significance for promoting cooperation between the cooperation organization and Chile and other relevant parties to achieve better and faster development of the Global Energy Internet in Chile and South America.

Liu Zhenya said during the talks that Chile was the first South American country to establish diplomatic relations with China and is also China's third largest trading partner in Latin America. Chile's promotion of clean energy development is highly consistent with the concept of global energy internet. Building Chile's energy internet will help coordinate the development of clean energy and power grids, accelerate the development and export of photovoltaic bases in northern Chile, and generally form a pattern of "light from the north to the south, wind from the south to the north, and water, wind and light complementing each other". By strengthening the interconnection of power grids, Chile's domestic demand for reliable power supply can be met in the near future, and clean energy can be exported in the long term. It is hoped that the two sides will enhance understanding, build consensus, further strengthen cooperation, promote the implementation of global energy internet in Chile and South America, and jointly promote the development of global energy internet.

Frei said that the Global Energy Interconnection China Initiative is not only the goal that the cooperation organization strives for, but also the ideal that Chile strives to achieve. Energy interconnection can make use of the synergy and complementarity between countries to make energy supply more secure, while reducing energy prices, promoting the development of renewable energy, and responding to the challenges and impacts of climate change. This year, Chile will realize the national power system interconnection for the first time, making Chile's power supply from north to south safer and more economical. In the future, Chile will continue to follow a cleaner and more sustainable energy development path, increase the proportion of renewable energy, and jointly build interconnected power grid projects with neighboring countries such as Peru and Argentina, hoping to work with the cooperation organization to achieve the development goals of the Global Energy Interconnection.

According to the joint statement, the two sides will jointly promote sustainable energy development and related cooperation, promote domestic and cross-border power grid interconnection and renewable energy development, and address energy resource challenges and environmental issues of common concern. The two sides will support each other in power grid interconnection, new energy development, sustainable energy development, share experience, knowledge and technology, and conduct research on power grid facility interconnection.