Applied energy research call for UAI students – CENTRA

Seminar: Virtual Power Plants in Chile – Pathways to a Sustainable Future

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Talk: Sustainability and Sociotechnical Transitions to Reimagine the Future

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Green energy concepts focus on using natural, sustainable energy sources such as solar, wind, water, biofuels, and nuclear power, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution.

New Cycle of Transdisciplinary Dialogues on Sustainability – UAI

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Kick-off of the CENTRA-EDF Chile Research Chair

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The Center for Energy Transition (CENTRA) at the Faculty of Engineering and Sciences of Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez conducts and transfers interdisciplinary research that enables society to advance in an energy transition toward economical, environmentally friendly, socially acceptable, and secure energy supply and usage systems.

Clean Fuels

We seek to promote the development of the clean fuels value chain to reduce the environmental and climate impact of the industrial, transportation, electricity generation, and thermal sectors. The Center for Energy Transition addresses the challenges associated with the production and use of green hydrogen and its derivatives, and alternative uses of biomass, including technical, economic and regulatory barriers.

Sustainable and resilient energy supply

The center seeks to contribute to the development of systems for diagnosing and monitoring sustainability and resilience in energy supply systems, tools for their planning and operation, and the design of markets and regulation, which allow the necessary investments to be made and ensure their sustainability. The role of storage is key in the massive integration of variable renewable energies.

Sustainable Industry 4.0

The development of a sustainable Industry 4.0 in Chile is promoted through the evaluation, development and implementation of new technologies that allow a better use of available resources. It addresses energy efficiency, clean fuels, the integration of renewable energy, the electrification of demands, the capture and sequestration of CO2 and industrial clustering, with a focus on the mining and construction industries.

Sustainable energy in cities and communities

Solutions are proposed to face the gaps associated with the integration of local energy resources, and the efficient use of energy and water in cities and communities. This includes the design of hardware for the integration of local resources, the development of models for the efficient design and operation of local energy systems, and the design of markets and regulations that favor their efficient development.

Investigación

Nuestros miembros realizan investigación de punta en el ámbito de la energía y el desarrollo sostenible, las que son publicadas en algunas de las mejores revistas científicas internacionales. Ve nuestras publicaciones recientes.

Transferencia

Realizamos proyectos de asistencia técnica y de desarrollo y transferencia tecnológica para instituciones públicas y privadas, agregando valor a la industria energética nacional. Ve nuestros proyectos recientes.

Educación

Formamos capital humano avanzado para conducir el proceso de transición energética, tanto en organismos públicos como privados. Revisa nuestros programas de postgrados.

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Green hydrogen: industry leaders highlight Chile’s strategic role in the current geopolitical context

by CENTRA UAI

June 25, 2025 Chile’s key position in the tense global scenario was the central focus of the discussion forum “Geopolitics of Hydrogen: Risks and Opportunities in an Energy Transition Context,” where panelists addressed the potential impacts of the ongoing wars between Israel and Iran, and Ukraine and Russia. These conflicts are raising the prices of natural gas and oil, generating new urgencies regarding energy security,…

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From Solstice to Action: Solar Energy to Decarbonize Chile

by CENTRA UAI

June 23, 2025 Every June 21st, while the Southern Hemisphere experiences its longest night, we celebrate Sun Day to remind ourselves that the planet’s greatest source of energy never takes a break—even in the heart of winter solstice. In Chile, that reminder comes backed by solid data: as of February 2025, the country’s installed solar power capacity reached 11 GW, accounting for 31% of the…

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Applied research topics in energy with CENTRA

by CENTRA UAI

june 3, 2025 On Monday, June 3rd, a presentation session was held at the Peñalolén Campus to showcase the applied research lines of the Center for Energy Transition at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (CENTRA). The event was addressed exclusively to UAI undergraduate (TID), master’s, and PhD students interested in joining ongoing projects or developing new proposals. The session highlighted CENTRA’s core research areas: energy transition policies…

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Proyectos CENTRA

Integration of predictive and prescriptive approaches in stochastic optimization

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The use of data science tools for decision making in organizations has grown significantly in recent years. The usual practice is to first use the data to create a forecast model for uncertain elements, such as demand, and then use this model as input in an optimization scheme that chooses the best course of action from a set of alternatives. The objective of this project…

Research Projects

Adapting to the uncertainties and risks of climate change: Advanced methods and models for energy systems and markets

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The aim of the project is to develop new mathematical models and computational methods that help the private and public sector to adapt energy systems and markets to high uncertainties and risks derived from climate change. To achieve this goal, the research addresses three research objectives: (1) Model and classify the different types of uncertainties and risks associated with climate change; (2) Develop energy planning…

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GEMA: Improving energy management in micro grids with storage via stochastic optimization and machine learning

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The overall aim of this project is to improve and implement an optimal energy management system for generation systems based on photovoltaic panels and with storage units. These systems can be both on-grid (connected to the network) and off-grid (isolated systems, generally in remote locations), and connected to a small number of users, such as a home or a small business. Specifically, the management system…

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