Chilean Volcano Could Delay Hidroaysen Dam Project

The Pascua, one of two rivers targeted by the HidroAysén project; Photo by Benjamin Witte

Here are a couple of short articles that discuss recent happenings in relation to the transmission lines that would ferry power from southern Chile up to Santiago—part of the Pascua/Baker megadam project.

These articles illustrate the risky business that huge European-owned and Canadian-owned companies are taking on in their venture with Chilean companies trying to dam Patagonian Rivers for electricity.

As a local resident says in the second article below, this is also “bad business for Chilean Patagonia.” Greengrants has made multiple grants around this issue.

Patagonia Times

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