Chile’s Mining Industry Turns to Sunlight to Ease Energy Shortage Sunshine is abundant in the northern desert of Atacama, one of the hottest places on earth with one of the highest concentrations of solar energy: between 7.0 and 7.5 kilowatt-hours per square metre per day, according to studies by the University of Chile. www.ipsnews.net/2013/10/chiles-mining-industry-turns-to-sunlight-to-ease-energy-shortage/ Rest of the Story