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Ministerio de Economía, Fomento y Turismo On the last day of his tour of the Maule Region, the President of the Republic, Gabriel Boric Font, led the inauguration of the Gran Teno photovoltaic plant, a project for electricity generation developed and built by the Grenergy Renovables company that will supply more of 136 thousand homes and will avoid the emission of 147 thousand tons of CO2 per year. In the company of the CEO of the company, David Ruiz de Andrés, the Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism, Nicolás Grau, the presidential delegate of the Maule Region, Humberto Aqueveque, the mayor of Teno, Sandra Améstica, the CEO of Grenergy, David Ruiz, Among other representatives of the company, the President pointed out that this solar plant “demonstrates that it is not only necessary, but possible, to move towards a cleaner and more sustainable future to the extent that the different actors commit to it.” Grenergy, an international company based in Spain, which has built more than 60 plants in our country, has a global platform of more than 15 GW in various stages of development in the 11 countries in Europe and Latin America where it operates. The company's CEO, David Ruiz de Andrés, stated that “this milestone is another example of our determined commitment to Chile. We have already invested more than 700 million dollars in the country, to which another 1.4 billion will be added for the development of Oasis de Atacama. The Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism, Nicolás Grau, assured that “we want to multiply and scale projects like Teno.” “This is an important investment for the Maule Region, which will deliver clean, low-cost energy.