BESS project rollout in Chile: Operational, regulatory, and market challenges
BESS project rollout in Chile: Operational, regulatory, and market challenges
October 2, 2026 Industry specialists stress that maximizing the storage impact on the system requires optimal management of these assets. Only a coordinated integration of projects will make it possible to leverage their attributes to strengthen grid resilience. There is no doubt that battery energy storage systems, known as BESS (Battery Energy Storage System), have become the indispensable enabling condition for the energy transition…
Electrification for the Energy Transition: Challenges and Perspectives
An international seminar bringing together academics, policymakers, industry leaders and energy experts on the challenges and perspectives of electrification in the energy transition. Friday 23 October, UAI Vitacura Campus.
The challenges of the energy transition: will the 2050 goals be met?
September 30, 2026 Chile’s path to electrifying its energy matrix is advancing decisively, but it still faces challenges in extending its impact to key industries and economic processes that continue to rely on fossil fuels. On its path toward meeting its 2050 energy and carbon-neutrality targets, Chile is making significant progress in incorporating renewable energy into the power system. However, it now faces the challenge…
Eduardo Bitran, academic at CENTRA (Adolfo Ibáñez University), at the Lithium 2026 Forum
September 17, 2026 Speaking at the Lithium Forum 2026, Eduardo Bitran, an academic at Adolfo Ibáñez University, highlighted the mining industry’s remarkable progress and future challenges in the country, noting that national production grew exponentially, rising from 84,000 tons in 2016 to 221,000 tons in 2025. The expert emphasized that adopting direct extraction technologies would optimize yields and reduce water usage in the Atacama…
Distributed Generation: Challenges for Its Full Integration into Mining
September 15, 2026 Researchers agree on the key gaps and benefits associated with integrating distributed generation into large-scale mining operations, noting that it could address issues such as rising energy tariffs, surplus capture, and supply continuity. Integrating distributed energy generation into industrial processes presents a scenario filled with multiple challenges. This initiative aims to align with the 2026–2030 Energy Roadmap presented by the Ministry…
Regulatory cybernetics in the Chilean energy market
The energy transition also presents new challenges for the regulation of the electricity system. In this seminar, our faculty member Daniel Olivares proposes viewing regulation through the lens of regulatory cybernetics—not merely as the application of rules, but as a process of observation, decision-making, intervention, and learning. Drawing on examples from the Chilean energy market, the talk examines how regulatory models enable the identification of…
A Chile energy transition expert talks pumped storage
August 17, 2026 While energy storage investment in Chile to date has been channeled almost exclusively into lithium-ion battery systems, pumped storage is blinking on the radar again. A US$900mn project – 450MW Atacama, linked to French firm Hyvity – is in the environmental review phase and Chilean generator Colbún’s US$1.4bn, 800MW initiative Paposo is still in the company’s portfolio. A US$1bn, 300MW pumped…
Seminar: “The Future of Distributed Energy Resources in Chile” – Ring Project ACT250025
Thursday, August 20, 2026, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Adolfo Ibáñez University, Vitacura Campus, Room 6. Santa María 5870, Vitacura. Room capacity: 50 people. Free admission with prior registration. [REGISTER HERE] → https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/sqY0G6BU1R The Chilean electrical system is incorporating a growing number of distributed energy resources: solar panels, batteries, electric vehicles, and smart charging. Coordinating them as a virtual power plant allows this dispersed array…
The energy transformation driven by BESS systems
August 4, 2026 With rising electricity demand, battery storage is becoming a key tool in the mining industry to support the electrification of mining operations and increase the share of renewable energy. The projected increase in electricity demand for the industry is accelerating the development of battery energy storage systems (BESS), a technology that is gaining prominence in supporting mining operations. According to estimates from…
The challenge of integrating storage for a flexible and stable electrical system
THE GROWING INCORPORATION OF BATTERIES REQUIRES ADAPTING OPERATIONS, MODELING, AND THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK TO RESPOND TO A GRID WITH GREATER PARTICIPATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY AND INVERTER-BASED RESOURCES. The expansion of battery energy storage systems (BESS) is changing the way the National Electrical System (SEN) is planned and operated. Their incorporation makes it possible to take advantage of renewable surpluses and shift energy toward moments of…