The most powerful solar plant in Latin America and one of the largest in the world. With a peak power of 246 MWp, El Romero Solar produces energy equivalent to the consumption of some 240,000 Chilean homes. 80 MW of its capacity is destined to supply Google’s data center in the country. The new facility, located in the commune of Vallenar (III Region of Atacama), about 645 km north of Santiago, is capable of generating approximately 493 GWh of clean energy annually, avoiding the emission of approximately 474,000 tons of CO2 into the atmosphere in coal-fired power plants. The El Romero Solar plant extends over an area of 280 hectares in one of the most arid regions on the planet, with high solar irradiation and a very clean atmosphere, which facilitates energy collection, and which has led to the installation of astronomical observatories in the area. As a whole, the plant has 776,000 polycrystalline silicon photovoltaic modules that total a solar collection area of more than 1.5 million m2, equivalent to 211 professional soccer fields. The panels are installed on static metal structures that, aligned, would add up to 196 km.