Endesa’s HidroAysen Dam Project Passed By Chile Authorities

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The HidroAysen project, designed to be Chile’s biggest power generator, was approved by a regional environment commission in the southern city of Coyhaique today.

Hundreds of protesters shouted and banged drums outside the building as 11 of the 12 commission members voted in favor of the project that Empresa Nacional de Electricidad SA and Colbun SA want to build in the Patagonia region.