CEREN: test bed for national power grids
Projects
Clean Technologies Institute · TestBed REDES
CEREN: test bed for national power grids
A place to test grid technologies in a simulated, reproducible environment before deploying them in the National Electric System.
Objective
PurposeCEREN (Experimentation Centre for National Power Grids) is an ITL initiative with universities, research centres and the National Electricity Coordinator. It aims to set up and operate a test bed for power grids unique in Chile and Latin America, bridging laboratory tests and real system operation.
Facts
DataLed byClean Technologies Institute (ITL)
PartnerUniversidad Adolfo Ibáñez · CENTRA
AreasPower grids · Power electronics · Stability
Work streams
Scope01
Validate technologies
Storage, grid-forming inverters and other grid-support solutions, before commercial deployment.
02
Evidence for regulation
Experimental results that support technical and regulatory decisions.
03
System resilience
Tests addressing issues such as loss of inertia in a system with high renewable penetration.
Results
Milestones- Feb to Jun 2026Stage 1Test bed definition, led at CENTRA by Rodrigo Barraza.
- OngoingStage 2Continued technical work, led at CENTRA by Bernardo Severino.
Team
UAI · CENTRA
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