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Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Globalisation, Political Economics, printed single-sided, grade: 1,0, Cologne University of Applied Sciences (ITT), language: English, abstract: This working paper investigates the current energy situation of Chile. After the reform of the electricity markets in the early eighties and the end of the dictatorship, Chile has shown a rapid growth that is coupled with a growing energy needs. The historically important stages are briefly described, with a short overview of the current policy framework. Chile has a, due to its geographical location and diversity, high potential for varios renewable energy sources. These potentials are described for solar, wind, hydrobiomass, geothermal and ocean energy, supported by numerous legislative decisions, such as the Law on Renewable Energies in 2008, which underpinns the use of these resources. To what extent, the measures taken are sufficiently to ensure energy security is dicussed in the last section of this paper.