CHILE, Feb 12 — As night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn heavens. The driest place on Earth is the...
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The area is home to the Paranal Observatory, which houses the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, used by astronomers to search the Milky Way with “unparalleled clarity,” according to Spanish astrophysicist Itziar de Gregorio. But a huge green energy project, part of Chile’s plans to become carbon neutral, risks clouding the view, scientists say.
AES Andes, the Chilean subsidiary of US energy company AES Corporation, has submitted proposals for a 3,000-hectare site in the Atacama desert near Paranal to harness solar and wind energy, which in turn can be used to produce green hydrogen and ammonia, a gas used in making fertilizers. View of the residence for astronomers working at the European Southern Observatory's Paranal Observatory, on Paranal Hill in Chile's Antofagasta Region, in the Atacama Desert some 1150 km north of Santiago, taken on January 27, 2025. A project to develop green hydrogen near the Cerro Paranal observatory, home to the world's most powerful optical observatory, threatens the world's darkest and most pristine skies.
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