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Chile adopts plan to raise renewable energy use

Xinhua, December 31, 2015 Adjust font size:

Chile adopted a new energy policy on Wednesday to tap renewable sources of energy as an engine for national development.

The new national plan, named "Energy 2050," aimed at reducing energy blackouts, allowing all Chileans' access to electricity and ensuring 70 percent of Chile's energy supply comes from renewable sources by 2050.

It would "build a shared vision for the future development of our energy sector with the social, political and technical support needed to transform it into the energy policy that Chile needs," said Maximo Pacheco, the country's energy minister.

"Energy 2050" set targets that power cuts should not surpass four hours a year by 2035 and one hour a year by 2050, ensuring the universal and equal access to modern and reliable energy services.

It also expected to make Chile among the three countries with the cheapest energy bills when the policy expires. Endi