对于像智利这样的国家，大型水电项目总是引起颇多政治争议，太阳能电和风电增长又太慢，来自美国的天然气进口将成为有力的助推器。
For a country like Chile, where large hydroelectric projects have been politically controversial, and where solar and wind power have been too slow in coming, gas imports from the US would be a tremendous boon.