How Chile is becoming a leader in renewable energy

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Solar panels pictured in Chile's Atacama Desert are crucial to the country's green hydrogen industry. Image: REUTERS/Fabian Andres Cambero

Timothy Conley

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Wind turbines play a critical role in accelerating Chile's National Hydrogen Plan. Image: REUTERS/VÃctor Ruiz Caballero

Carolina Schmidt, Chile's Minister of Environment and new President of the 2019 U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP25), Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Secretary-General Petteri Taalas,Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, President of the UN General Assembly, and Spain's Energy and Environment Minister Teresa Ribera attend the opening of the high-level segment of the COP25 in Madrid, Spain, December 10, 2019. REUTERS/Susana Vera

Chile cohosted the 2019 U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP25) in Madrid, Spain. Image: REUTERS/Susana Vera

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