<![CDATA[Chilean presidential candidate outlines electric transport policy]]>
Chilean presidential candidate outlines electric transport policy

“Chilean presidential candidate Alejandro Guillier would, if elected, aim to shift the country toward public transport networks that run on electricity, he told a gathering of journalists on Thursday.

The independent leftist senator also pledged to support renewable energy generation in the South American nation, which has experienced a boom in wind and solar power in recent years.

The country is beginning a major infrastructure build-out, and the two trends have begun showing some synergies. The metropolitan rail system of the capital, Santiago, for instance, is the first in the world to run primarily on solar power…”

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