Cycle of talks on technologies, business models and sustainable forms of energy

Webinar about transition and energy crisis from the academic, economic and regulatory perspective

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Electric substation in night-time lighting

UAI Course: New Electrification, Strategies, Technologies and Markets 2022

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CENTRA debuts with an Industrial Research Chair through a project with ACESOL

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The Center for Energy Transition conducts and transfers interdisciplinary research that allows society to advance an energy transition towards economical, environmentally friendly, socially acceptable and reliable energy demand and supply.

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.

Research

Our members carry out cutting-edge research in the field of energy and sustainable development, which is published in some of the best international scientific journals. See our recent publications.

Transfer

We carry out technical assistance and development and technology transfer projects for public and private institutions, adding value to the national energy industry. See our recent projects.

Education

We train advanced human capital to lead the energy transition process, both in public and private organizations. Check out our postgraduate programs.

CENTRA Projects

Integration of predictive and prescriptive approaches in stochastic optimization

by CENTRA

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

by CENTRA

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…

Research Projects

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

by CENTRA

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…

Research Projects

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