Offshore wind energy: The future of renewable sources comes from the sea
Offshore wind energy: The future of renewable sources comes from the sea
November 21, 2024 “Tripling the annual renewable energy capacity over the next six years would be the biggest step the world could take to achieve our global climate goals,” stated Jennifer Layke, Global Energy Director of the World Resources Institute, at the end of COP28 in the United Arab Emirates in December 2023, highlighting the agreement signed by 117 countries. Although renewable energy (RE) is…
Networks at the limit threaten expansion of data centers and electromobility
November 11, 2024 Modifying the current regulatory model, extending digitalization, investing in infrastructure and technology are some of the actions that should be implemented to meet demand. The sector’s always forgotten players are now protagonists. With a regulatory framework from the 1980s, which many consider obsolete, the electrical distribution networks jumped onto the public agenda following the ravages caused by the August storms that exposed…
Free course – Advances in Accommodation Capacity
November 11th, 2024 CENTRA UAI joins course on advances in hosting capacity of electrical networks The Center for Energy Transition (CENTRA) of Adolfo Ibáñez University collaborates in a training course on “Advances in Hosting Capacity”, organized by the Power and Energy Systems Group and the Melbourne Energy Institute of the University of Melbourne, together with the State University of Campinas (Brazil), Energy Research and…
Smart Transition
November 7, 2024 Artificial intelligence is making a relevant contribution to the energy transition in Chile, especially in the renewable sector. We detail examples that demonstrate this. Artificial intelligence (AI) amazes and astonishes, but it also generates fear and disbelief. In simple terms, Claudio Gutiérrez, an academic at the University of Chile and researcher at the Millennium Institute for Data Fundamentals, defines it as “the…
The role of distributed energy resources in the energy transition – Daniel Olivares
October 30, 2024. The energy transition is a paradigm shift that redefines how we conceive, produce and consume energy. Thomas Kuhn, in his work “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions”, argues that when a system does not solve new problems, ideas that fit the changing reality must be adopted. Although he speaks of scientific paradigms, this can be extrapolated to technological ones. In my opinion, the…
Generating our own energy – Opinion column by Rodrigo Barraza
October 15th, 2024 Generating our own energy is not an illusion. Research is advancing and today we can talk about Peer to Peer (P2P) systems, which operate under a scheme of homes that can act as prosumers, with the capacity to generate their own electricity, either with solar panels or as electricity consumers. To be able to implement this technology, a certain degree of…
Opinion Column – Daniel Olivares, director of the Energy Transition Center (CENTRA)
September 25th, 2024 A GREATER DISTORTION MR. DIRECTOR: In relation to the controversy in the electricity sector regarding the bill that extends the electricity subsidy, I would like to point out the following: In Chile, Small Distributed Generation Companies (PMGD) can benefit from a special remuneration regime that seeks to stabilize their income in the energy market, considering that, due to their size, they…
Enel to pay more than $8 billion for power outages in 2021 | Economic Agenda
September 25th, 2024 The Fourth Civil Court of Santiago ruled that Enel must pay more than $8 billion to customers affected by a series of unjustified power outages that occurred between January 29 and February 2, 2021.
Distributed Generation: Among the pillars of the National Electric System
September 25th, 2024 This segment is becoming more important for the country’s energy matrix every year, as it is approaching 3.3 GW of installed power generation, which corresponds to 10% of the SEN’s capacity, according to the latest figures from the Superintendency of Electricity and Fuels (SEC). When we talk about distributed generation, we must differentiate between the netbilling type, with installations of up…
Study on electromobility in Chile reveals unequal distribution of charging points
September 11th, 2024 Work carried out by Volvo Car Chile, in collaboration with the Center for Energy Transition (CENTRA) of the Adolfo Ibáñez University, provided an x-ray of the infrastructure to receive more electrified cars. A detailed study on the state of electromobility in Chile was presented by Volvo Car Chile, a firm that in collaboration with the Center for Energy Transition (CENTRA) of…