Chile already has more than 2,500 free customers
November 10, 2025 A free customer is an electricity consumer who is not subject to the tariff regulated by the authority, but who can choose their energy supplier and directly negotiate the price and conditions of their supply. According to Lorenzo Reyes Bozo, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Business at the Universidad de Las Américas, unlike a regulated customer (for example, households or…
CENTRA UAI researchers awarded ANID Regular Ring for innovation in virtual energy
November 4, 2025 The group, comprised of academics from the Faculty of Engineering and Sciences and the Business School, aims to develop a platform to support the design and operation of Virtual Power Plants in Chilean electricity markets. An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Adolfo Ibáñez University (UAI) was awarded the project “Decision Support Tools for Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) in Chile” in the…
Only Guatemala Surpasses It: Electricity Prices in Chile Are the Second Highest in Latin America
November 4, 2025 It ranks just behind countries such as Spain and the United Kingdom The price of electricity in Chile is the second highest in Latin America and is above the world average. According to Global Petrol Prices, as of March of this year, the cost per kWh in Chile was $262.5 for residential customers. Thus, for the usual household consumption (250 kWh per…
Chile needs a national roadmap to digitize its electricity system
November 3, 2025 Digitalization is redefining the way Chile operates, manages, and protects its electrical system. From phasor measurement units to digital substations, the country is moving toward smarter and more flexible grids, although challenges remain in interoperability, regulation, and the adoption of smart meters. Luis Gutiérrez, professor at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, tells us more about this topic. In recent years, what have been…
A forum of trade associations brings together presidential campaign teams to address the country’s energy future.
October 29, 2025 With the aim of placing the energy transition at the center of public debate, Acen, Acesol, and GPM, together with Centra – UAI Energy Transition Center – the Faculty of Engineering and Sciences, and the Business School of Adolfo Ibáñez University, organized the discussion “Challenges of the Energy Transition and Modernization in Chile,” sponsored by WEC Chile. Claudio Seebach, Dean of the…
SEMINAR | The Storage Boom: Challenges and Opportunities
Energy storage has become a key element in moving toward a more sustainable and resilient electricity system ⚡🌱 We invite you to the seminar “The Storage Boom: Challenges and Opportunities,” where representatives from the public, academic, and industrial sectors will share lessons learned from the EDF Power Solutions Chile – CENTRA – UAI Energy Transition Center Chair and discuss the future of energy storage in…
CHILE HAS ABOUT 795 DEPOSITS, MANY ABANDONED AND WITHOUT EFFECTIVE REGULATION: Project seeks to recover cobalt and nickel from mine tailings.
October 27, 2025 The initiative, developed by Adolfo Ibáñez University, with the support of Antofagasta Minerals and KeyProcess, seeks to transform deposits into a new source of strategic metals. From waste to leading the energy transition. This is the goal of the BioElectroTor project, led by Adolfo Ibáñez University, with support from KeyProcess and Antofagasta Minerals (AMSA). It is a bioelectrochemical reactor that uses bacteria…
CENTRA – UAI Energy Transition Center, at the Smart City Awards 2025
October 20, 2025 On October 14, we participated in the First Meeting of the Smart Communities Network (RECI Santiago) and in the Smart City Awards 2025 ceremony, an event that brought together municipalities, companies, startups, and universities committed to developing more sustainable, connected, and inclusive cities. Our project, VisiónDERRED – Computational Platform to Evaluate the Hosting Capacity of Distributed Energy Resources in Real Distribution Networks,…