Case Study
Chilean Andes Hydro Power Project Relies On MineARC TunnelSAFE Refuge Chambers
Written by Roberto Breyer, South America BDM MineARC has recently been engaged to provide TunnelSAFE Refuge Chambers to a large scale hydro-electric engineering project in Chile. The hydro-electric project, located high in the Chilean Andes south of Chile’s capital Santiago, aims to pro- vide an annual total production of 2,320GWh once completed. This would add more hydro power to the Chilean energy mix which currently stands at 63% thermo-e