The Sistema Interconectado Central (
Spanish
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for ''Central Interconnected System'') or SIC was the main
alternating current
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power grid
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in
Chile
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spanning all of Chile from
Atacama Region in the north to
Los Lagos Region
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in the south. SIC transmitted 68.5% of the national generation and served 93% of Chile's population.
As of December, 2011, it had a total installed capacity of 12,904
MW (gross)
Since 2017, the grid was joined and synchronized with the Northern Synchronized Grid (Sistema Interconectado del Norte Grande
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...
) and the total installed capacity of the new grid, called Sistema Eléctrico Nacional (SEN) (
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...
for ''National Electrical System''), was 31,709
MW as of April 2022.
Coordinador Electrico Nacional. Retrieved 04-28-2022
References
External links
Global Energy Network Institute
Map of the Central Interconnected System
Centro de Despacho Económico de Carga del Sistema Interconectado Central (CDEC-SIC) - Economic Load Dispatch Center of the Central Interconnected System
Wide area synchronous grids, Central
Electric power transmission systems in Chile
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