ON THE ROAD TO ELECTROMOBILITY: Sales of electric vehicles to break records in 2024
January 30, 2025 LAST YEAR ENDED WITH NEARLY 20,000 NEW REGISTERED UNITS, DOUBLING ALL CATEGORIES COMPARED TO 2023 With historic figures, 2024 closed in terms of sales of new energy vehicles (formerly referred to as zero and low-emission vehicles), totaling 19,101 registered units, representing a 104.6% increase compared to 2023. “2024 was the best year in Chile for each category of zero or low-emission…
New Director Assumes Leadership of the UAI Center for Energy Transition
January 28, 2025 Rodrigo Barraza, Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Appointed Director of the Energy Transition Center (CENTRA) at Adolfo Ibáñez University Rodrigo Barraza, Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, has been appointed as the Director of the Energy Transition Center (CENTRA) at the Faculty of Engineering and Sciences of Adolfo Ibáñez University. CENTRA conducts and transfers interdisciplinary research, enabling society to progress toward an energy transition…
Chile’s steps in its commitment to reducing CO2 emissions
January 28, 2025 Every January 28th, the World Day for the Reduction of CO₂ Emissions is commemorated, an initiative of the United Nations that seeks to raise awareness about the effects and consequences of global warming. “This commemoration invites us to reflect on both the progress made and the challenges that remain in achieving the goals established in each area,” says Pamela Méndez, lead…
UAI Academic Proposes Smart Windows Using Nanotechnology to Combat Climate Change
January 2, 2025 Francisco Ramírez Discusses Smart Windows Technology Using Nanometric Vanadium Dioxide The global climate emergency has scientists worldwide striving to develop sustainable solutions to mitigate rising temperatures and their impact on humanity. Among the most innovative fields in this pursuit is the use of nanotechnology to create smart materials that help combat the effects of global warming. Divergentes recently interviewed Francisco Ramírez, PhD…
Interview with Francisco Ramírez, Researcher and Professor at CENTRA, UAI
January 2, 2025 See interview LitoralPress
Researching Smart Materials for Energy Efficiency – Interview with Francisco Ramírez
January 2, 2025 Column by Leopoldo Soto, Physicist and Researcher at CCHEN Topics: Researching Smart Materials for Energy Efficiency Featuring: Francisco Ramírez Cuevas, PhD in Mechanical Engineering, CENTRA UAI. See the interview on LitoralPress.
“Thermochromic Antennas” Created for Smart Materials to Enhance Energy Efficiency
January 2, 2025 These smart materials enable the regulation of radiative cooling in response to temperature changes between day and night or between winter and summer. The study employs tiny crystals, referred to as “thermochromic antennas,” which can adjust their thermal emissivity based on ambient temperature. These crystals can be incorporated into paints, roofs, clothing, and other materials, offering a flexible and adaptable solution. An…
How is the market for electric buses and trucks progressing in the country
December 10, 2024 Climate Change Highlights the Urgent Task of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG). In Chile, the transport sector accounts for 23% of the country’s emissions, according to figures from the Energy Sustainability Agency (AgenciaSE). To address this issue, initiatives are already underway to gradually replace fossil fuels with renewable energy sources. Although the electric bus market in the country reached a total…
Elastocaloric Technology Promises to Revolutionize Current Heating and Cooling Systems
December 3, 2024 In its report “The Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2024”, the World Economic Forum (WEF) highlighted that elastocaloric technology is a rapidly advancing field, noting that “heat pumps using elastocaloric materials such as nickel and titanium are proving to be more energy-efficient than traditional heating and cooling systems.” The same report warns that as global temperatures rise, the demand for cooling…
Review of Supreme Decree 13: Thermoelectric Plants on Alert
November 28, 2024. Drawing a parallel with those considered undesirable, coal today is regarded as an “unwelcome” fuel due to the high pollution load generated by its combustion. This is why there is a state policy, with a defined roadmap, to eliminate its participation in the national electricity matrix before 2040. In fact, the decarbonization plan (whose ongoing update includes 45 measures) has already made…