OverviewElectricity supply and demandAccess to electricityService qualityResponsibilities in the electricity sectorRenewable energy resourcesHistory of the electricity sectorTariffs, cost recovery and subsidies
As of August 2020 Chile had diverse sources of electric power: for the National Electric System, providing over 99% of the county''s electric power, hydropower represented around 26.7% of its installed capacity, biomass 1.8%, wind power 8.8%, solar 12.1%, geothermal 0.2%, natural gas 18.9%, coal 20.3%, and petroleum-based capacity 11.3%. Prior to that time, faced with natural gas shortages, Chile began in 2007 to build its first liquefied natural gas terminal and re-gasification plant at Quintero near th