Land acquisition and site control for energy projects in Chile
Punta Colorada (Inversiones Punta Colorada S.A.) is a Chilean family-owned land company. For solar, wind, battery storage (BESS) and transmission projects, we screen sites, review title with your Chilean counsel or ours, negotiate land options, leases and easements with landowners, and record them with the Conservador de Bienes Raíces, the local land registry. We own Estancia El Chañar in the Coquimbo Region.
- Estancia El Chañar, approximate outline
- 220 kV substation, on a lot subdivided from the estate
- 220 kV lines, schematic routes
- Route 5
- Wind farm on the property
- 20 MW, operating since 2011
- Transmission lines
- 4 lines at 220 kV cross the propertyThe 220 kV substation sits on a lot subdivided from the estate.
- Easements
- More than 10, recorded 2008–2025
- Working languages
- English and Spanish
Land acquisition by project type
Solar and wind
Site screening for slope, distance to the grid, access and mining concessions; land options and long-term leases; access and collection-line easements.
Land for solar and windBattery storage (BESS)
Compact sites close to a substation, leases and access easements, and the land records a standalone battery project needs for rural land-use approval.
Land for BESSTransmission lines and gen-ties
Owner research along the whole route, an easement negotiated with each landowner, and land support when the line goes through the electric concession process.
Right-of-way for lines
Our own land, and other services
Land on Estancia El Chañar
Our own property in La Higuera, with frontage on Route 5, for solar PV, battery storage and grid projects. The full site package is shared under an NDA.
El Chañar site factsLease buyouts
When an investor offers to buy the rent under an energy lease, we calculate the discount rate the offer implies and what the landowner keeps after the sale.
Lease buyoutsLandowners
We review lease, land option and easement offers made to landowners in Chile, value them and negotiate on the owner’s behalf, alongside their lawyer or ours.
Advice for landowners
We work for one party per engagement, and only that party pays us. Independence rules
Insights
- How to secure land for a solar, wind or BESS project in Chile
How developers secure land in Chile for solar, wind and BESS: private or state land, options and recorded leases, easements, and title risks to screen.
- Siting a standalone BESS in Chile: land, zoning under DDU 522 and grid proximity
Where a standalone BESS can go in Chile: substation proximity, rural land use under DDU 522 and Art. 55 LGUC, environmental review and the lease terms.
- Title due diligence in Chile for energy projects: the estudio de títulos
How a title study works in Chile for an energy project: the Conservador's three registers, the certificates to order, how far back to go and what to flag.
What to send for a first call
The technology, approximate capacity in MW, target region and project stage. That is enough to tell you whether and how we can help.
We sign a non-disclosure agreement before we receive any documents.