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For this reason, identifying and mitigating the main barriers that hamper the advancement of RETs is necessary to allow the successful deployment of these technologies. Based on data collected from a questionnaire survey and interviews conducted among the major renewable project developers, the authors identify and rank the major barriers to the adoption of renewable energy technologies in Chile. Our findings show that the most significant barriers include \u201cgrid connection constraints and lack of grid capacity\u201d, \u201clonger processing times for a large number of permits\u201d, \u201cland and\/or water lease securement\u201d and \u201climited access to financing\u201d. 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