Engie Ditches Dirty Coal as Latin America Turns to Clean Power

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As Latin America hones its focus on clean energy, international energy giants are leading the charge to get out of dirty fuels.French behemoth Engie SA has announced it's closing coal-fired power plants in Chile at the same time AES Corp. of the U.S. and Enel SpA of Italy have pledged to stop building them. The moves constitute the less-sexy side of the conversion to clean energy in the region, where investment grew more than 25 times faster than the global rate in 2017."There is a clear market shift in Latin America, and it is getting more explicit in the companies' strategies," said James Ellis, Bloomberg New Energy Finance manager for Latin America. "There is a momentum being built for renewables in the region and companies don't want be left behind."