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,…
Lithium batteries: what to do after their useful life has ended?
October 20, 2025 Rafael Celis, CEO of YUZZ, a spin-off of the Faculty of Engineering and Sciences at Adolfo Ibáñez University, provides key clues to the fate of these coveted parts. One of the problems with electric cars is their batteries. Made of lithium, they must be disposed of when they reach the end of their useful life. Rafael Celis, CEO of YUZZ, a spin-off…
The milestones and challenges that have marked electromobility in Chile
October 20, 2025 With the second-largest electric bus fleet after China, more than 1,100 publicly accessible charging stations, and an increase in sales of light electric vehicles, the country has positioned itself as a regional benchmark in electromobility. These advances are part of an ambitious plan that seeks to reduce the transportation sector’s CO₂ footprint over the next decade. At the end of 2017, the…
Climate action is dead, long live climate action – Opinion Column, Claudio Seebach
October 1, 2025 Despite opposition from denialist leaders and governments, the lack of progress in reducing emissions in many countries and sectors, and clear evidence that the climate system is changing faster than expected, climate action is not dead. Chile knows this well. Our country has just presented its new Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) 2025-2035, the main instrument through which the signatory countries of…
Government proposes advance payment for green hydrogen projects, raising concerns in the industry
August 28, 2025 The government proposes that green hydrogen projects in Chile pay 1% of their investment in advance after obtaining the RCA. Experts and unions warn that this measure could affect their financial viability and discourage multi-million-dollar investments. The government has submitted a bill to the Chamber of Deputies seeking to modify the application of the regional contribution for green hydrogen projects. The initiative establishes that companies must…
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September 1, 2025 See interview with Bernardo Severino, CENTRA researcher