Super El Niño creates sharp solar output divide across South America

Extreme weather from a powerful El Niño pattern reduced solar irradiance across southern South America while boosting generation in the north, and rare August snowstorms in Chile's Atacama Desert caused significant losses for PV assets.

First covered Sep 11, 2026 · 4:09 AM PT · 1 article · no longer in the live window

Super El Niño creates sharp solar output divide across South America — Image via pv-magazine.com

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15d PV Magazine Sunny north and cloudy south as Super El Niño defines South American winter — In a new weekly update for pv magazine , Solcast, a DNV company, reports that Super El Niño drove a sharp north–south irradiance divide across South America in…

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Appeared in: 2026-09-12 (#20)

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