News and Press Releases

The Avonni Award is now accepting applications for 2026 and will highlight innovations that drive the energy transition

The Avonni National Innovation Award has opened its 2026 call under the motto "Trust to Innovate," with Colbún as a strategic partner since 2007 through the Energía Colbún category, seeking startups with real solutions for the energy transition. Applications are open until June 30 at avonni.cl/postular.

Saving Lives: New Mammogram Screening Campaign Launched in Antuco and Quilleco

Colbún and the Arturo López Pérez Foundation carried out a mammography initiative that benefited 72 women from Antuco and Quilleco, reducing waiting lists by 30% and bringing early breast cancer detection to mountain communities where access to healthcare is limited.

Public-private partnership completes delivery of infrastructure projects and essential equipment to rural communities in Freirina

Colbún, Ibereólica, and Innergex, together with the Atacama Regional Government, inaugurated the FIC 2025 projects in Freirina, delivering water infrastructure, safety, and community equipment works across four rural villages, with a combined investment exceeding $230 million that directly transforms the quality of life of local residents.

Parque Arauco chooses Colbún's renewable energy to advance its decarbonization and sustainable operations strategy

Parque Arauco and Colbún signed a 100% renewable energy supply agreement covering 21 commercial assets in Chile over six years, avoiding 225,000 tonnes of CO₂ — equivalent to planting 350,000 trees annually — consolidating a strategic alliance that accelerates decarbonization across Chile's commercial and urban sector.

Join the 2026 International Energy Moot — Registration is open until May 11

The University of Chile School of Law invites law, engineering, economics, and other related majors to apply, on behalf of their universities, for the First International Energy Moot 2026. Applications are open until May 11.

Vocational Education: Students at Colbún’s Ignacio Carrera Pinto High School Earn Key Certification to Help Them Enter the Workforce

Seven students from the Liceo Ignacio Carrera Pinto in Colbún obtained the Class D Electrical Installer Certification thanks to a public-private partnership led by Colbún S.A., marking a concrete milestone in youth employability and local technical training.

Colbún President: “The challenge of growth does not belong to any one government, but to the country as a whole”

At the Annual Shareholders' Meeting, Colbún Chairman Hernán Rodríguez called for urgent modernization of Chile's electricity regulatory framework, outlining three priority areas: institutional modernization, energy security, and system efficiency. The company also reported Q1 2026 revenues of US$408.5 million, with EBITDA impacted primarily by the pipeline emergency in Peru.

THE 2026 SANTIAGO MARATHON WILL BE CARBON NEUTRAL FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR

For the third consecutive year, the Itaú Santiago Marathon will be carbon neutral thanks to Colbún, which will offset the event's emissions using carbon credits from its renewable energy plants — an initiative that in previous editions was equivalent to planting 65,000 trees or removing 1,800 cars from circulation.