So as a country with one of the highest energy needs per capita in Latin America, Chile's a great place to be for an energy nerd like me! With needs growing, here are a few articles about ways in which demand might be satisfied, which due to the geographic diversity of Chile are quite varied in approach.
Cactus Power! A really interesting approach to bio-fuels.
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/chile/100730/cactus-power
Nuclear?!?!?
http://www.santiagotimes.cl/news/other/19840-chilean-energy-minister-tours-california-nuclear-plant
Not Thermoelectric Anymore...
http://www.santiagotimes.cl/news/environmental/19814-chilean-court-rules-against-castilla-thermoelectric-energy-plant-
Controversial Dams, known as the HidroAysén Project, in the south of Chile.
http://www.internationalrivers.org/latin-america/patagonia-campaign/support-patagonia-dam-project-will-come-very-high-cost-says-u-s-ngo
Solar in the Atacama! (Sorry, could only find in Spanish)
http://elsalvadorchile.bligoo.com/content/view/445822/PROYECTO-SOLAR-ATACAMA.html
Wind!
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2007/08/wind-energy-catches-on-in-chile-49716
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