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(Español) La carrera de la movilidad eléctrica tras el año de su mejor desempeño
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(Español) Las bondades de los techos solares
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(Español) Innovar reduciendo emisiones de CO2 en Chile
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(Español) Así funcionan las láminas que se adhieren a las ventanas para reducir el calor
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(Español) Los puntos que deben trabajar las ERNC, el otro actor clave
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(Español) Proyecto estudia incertidumbre por uso de energías renovables en la transición energética chilena
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(Español) Investigadores concluyen que tecnologías de generación limpia aportan flexibilidad al SEN
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(Español) Techos blancos, la estrategia para bajar la temperatura de las casas
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(Español) CENTRA UAI y OCDE realizan seminario para evaluar la transición a la economía circular
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Columna Cristián Araya M.: Ley Marco de Cambio Climático: Cuestión de principios
“…Representa una transformación que va a traer oportunidades importantes para el país…” Así describió la Ley Marco de Cambio Climático (LCC) la actual ministra del Medio Ambiente, Maisa Rojas, durante una sesión en que se discutía el proyecto de la Comisión de Medioambiente del Senado, en calidad de asesora de la mesa en ese entonces. Esa transformación no debería estar lejos de la realidad una vez…
Carlos Silva, Centra UAI: «La transición energética debe involucrar a todos los sectores»
La transición energética es un tema que ocupa al CENTRA de la Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, quienes están abocados en el desarrollo y transferencia de investigación interdisciplinaria que fomente un proceso de transformación profunda de nuestra sociedad hacía una economía baja en emisiones de carbono. Para conocer más, Club de Innovación entrevistó a Carlos Silva, Ph.D. en Ingeniería Eléctrica e investigador de CENTRA, quien se refirió al…
(Español) Investigadores revisan los retos para avanzar en energías limpias
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(Español) Ingeniería UAI y WEC-Chile inician ciclo de charlas sobre tecnologías, modelos de negocios y formas sustentables de energía
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Why regional leader Chile’s electric bus embrace will likely tighten
Luis Gutiérrez is director of the Civil Engineering in Energy career and academic of the Faculty of Engineering and Sciences of the Adolfo Ibáñez University, associate researcher for the Center for Energy Transition (CEnTra-UAI) and for the Solar Energy Research Center (SERC-Chile). Luis holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, from the University of Manchester, United Kingdom. In 2023 Chile will have around…
(Español) Centro de Transición Energética UAI firma convenio con el Consejo Internacional de Grandes Redes Eléctricas (CIGRE Chile)
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(Español) Analisis de calidad de energía: Detectando los fenómenos que recorren las redes eléctricas
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(Español) Columna de Danilo Jara. Hidrógeno Verde: Más allá de la descarbonización.
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(Español) CENTRA UAI realiza conversatorio sobre crisis energética global desde las miradas académica, económica y regulatoria
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(Español) Las tendencias que están marcando el camino de la energía limpia
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(Español) Sector residencial produce un 66% de la contaminación en la región de Coquimbo
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(Español) Economía circular en proyectos de generación
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(Español) Investigadora de Princeton trabaja con CENTRA UAI para incentivar la producción del hidrógeno verde en Chile
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(Español) Científicos detectan que la leña es el principal contaminante de Santiago
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(Español) Felipe Larraín y la nanotecnología: “Cuando uno hace todo muy pequeño se pueden explorar nuevas posibilidades”
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(Español) Columna de Eduardo Bitran: “Acelerar el desarrollo de una mediana minería verde y virtuosa”
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Power lines: The main challenges in terms of monitoring and inspection in Chile
Although they have different specific objectives, power line monitoring and inspection aim to improve the availability of these vital elements of our electrical infrastructure. In general, monitoring is related to the real-time operation of the system while line inspection is a maintenance task (preventive or corrective). Power lines are a fundamental part of transporting energy to points of consumption. For this reason, optimal availability…
(Español) La transición energética en Chile ha experimentado avances muy significativos
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(Español) Chile abre camino en la emisión de bonos verdes, con lecciones para sus pares en la región
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CENTRA UAI researchers develop techniques for the intelligent management of solar energy
The project is funded by the National Research and Development Agency (ANID) and also had the participation of the companies Metric Arts EY and MiroSolar. A study led by a research team from the UAI Center for Energy Transition, within the framework of the Fondef IDeA project “GEMA (Energy Management in Microgrids with Storage) managed to develop techniques to intelligently manage solar energy. The…
Director of CENTRA exposes research results in Canadian universities
Daniel Olivares, director of CENTRA, presented at the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES) at The University of British Columbia (UBC) the results of a study commissioned by the Chilean Ministry of Energy to analyze the role of distributed energy resources in long-term energy planning in Chile. See the video and presentation of the Seminar in the following link In addition, Daniel presented at…
Wind farms: 85% of the mass of a wind turbine can be recycled
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Researcher CENTRA UAI will participate in an interuniversity project that will use hardware for real-time simulations of the electrical system
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(Español) Director de CENTRA expone en Comisión de Hacienda de la Cámara de Diputados
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Chile takes the first firm steps on the path towards a green taxonomy
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Energy efficiency in low voltage electric motors
Posted by Revista ElectroIndustria. A few years ago, electric motors represented over 60% of the country’s energy consumption in Chile, a fact that explains the industry’s interest in having more efficient equipment. To understand more about energy efficiency in low-voltage electric motors, we spoke with Luis Gutiérrez, Doctor of Electrical Engineering, Power Systems (University of Manchester, United Kingdom), Director of the Civil Engineering in Energy…
Interview with Shahriyar Nasirov in Mejor Energía TV
CENTRA researcher Shahriyar Nasirov speaks on Mejor Energía TV about the global context, the impact on the energy supply chain in the midst of the Ukraine-Russia war, and the rise of renewables in Chile and the opportunities for integration with Argentina.
Electricity transmission and distribution: two focuses in the sights of the energy transition
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UAI Center for Energy Transition will evaluate the use of green hydrogen to decarbonize and decontaminate Araucanía
The study aims to identify technological alternatives compatible with the socio-cultural identity of some communities, in addition to the costs of an eventual change and the application of appropriate policies, it will last 3 years and will use mathematical optimization models applied to the national territory and to the cities of Temuco and Padre Las Casas, in the Araucanía Region. A project financed by the…
The challenges for the electrical system in the face of the water crisis
Although for now there is no risk of rationing, if necessary, a decree would allow the application of a series of exceptional measures to reduce electricity consumption. Although the electricity supply is still guaranteed, the drought is a reality that must be overcome. For this reason, there is a preventive rationing decree that establishes measures against energy shortages, considering that the contribution of hydroelectric plants…
“The ‘ideal’ energy matrix is a mirage that not only moves away, but also changes shape as we move forward”
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Daniel Olivares “Generation of new energies”
Interview with the director of CENTRA UAI, Daniel Olivares, on DBOX Radio.
CENTRA debuts with an Industrial Research Chair through a project with the Chilean Solar Energy Association (ACESOL)
The Center for Energy Transition (CENTRA) of the Adolfo Ibáñez University (UAI) has just created the Industrial Research Chairs, which debuts with an applied research project with the Chilean Solar Energy Association (ACESOL). The initiative aims to generate new knowledge and tools for the efficient integration of energy resources (sources, storage systems and charging stations, for example) distributed in Chile, to promote regulatory or normative…
UC Berkeley expert speaks at the launch of the UAI Center for Energy Transition
On Wednesday, April 6, the launching ceremony of the UAI Center for Energy Transition (CENTRA) was held, an interdisciplinary body – born from the Faculty of Engineering and Sciences UAI (FIC) – whose purpose is to allow society to advance in the transition towards economical, environmentally friendly, socially acceptable and secure energy supply and use systems. At the event, Daniel Kammen, professor at the University…
The energy portfolio in Chile has been forging a seal of sustainability
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Interview with Daniel Olivares at TXS Plus
Interview with our Director Daniel Olivares, in the TXS Plus Rockstars program
Technology is at the service of energy efficiency
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Electrical microgrids: from the citizen generation to the community generation
Microgrids are groupings of distributed energy generation and storage equipment, such as photovoltaic solar roofs, small solar and wind producers, and batteries, which supply locally and in a coordinated manner to a set of electricity users. They exist in various sizes and configurations, but in all cases they respond to the need to efficiently and safely operate local energy resources, either in isolation or in…
Energy transition: experts address global and public policy challenges
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The opportunities raised by BESS batteries for the operation of the electrical system
“The latest IPCC report indicates an increase in the average temperature of the planet that can vary between 1.5°C and 4°C by the year 2100, compared to 2015. In the national territory, this will translate into a sustained contraction of annual rainfall and a increase in consecutive dry days, with an intensity higher than the average for the American continent. In this context, it is…
Interview with Eduardo Bitran about the lithium tender in Chile
In the second block of Ultima Mirada of CNN Chile, Fernando Paulsen spoke with Eduardo Bitran, a researcher at CENTRA UAI, former minister and former executive vice president of Corfo, about the discussion regarding the lithium tender in Chile.
Researcher of CENTRA UAI develops stretchable light detector with applications in biomedicine, robotics and agriculture
The CENTRA UAI academic, Felipe Larraín, participated in a revolutionary research, who, together with North American researchers, created the first stretchable photodetector, with mechanical properties similar to those of human skin, capable of capturing light and being applied in biomedicine, robotics, security and agriculture, among other areas. The study – highlighted by the prestigious North American journal Science Advances – was developed over three years…
Interview with our Director Daniel Olivares, on the radio program Hágase la Luz
In this episode of Hágase la Luz by TXS Plus, Danilo Zurita and José Carrasco Benavides were talking with Daniel Olivares, Director of our Center. How do we advance in this process of transition of our energy? What is the role of the academy in this mission?
Opportunities and Challenges: In the Operation of Distribution Networks with High Penetration of Distributed Energy Resources
Distributed energy resources (DER), such as photovoltaic systems, electric vehicles and small-scale storage are becoming more affordable each year for the final consumer and, in particular, for the residential market. This democratization of electricity generation brings with it a disruptive change in demand, where the customer goes from being a consumer to a prosumer, that is, that consumes but also produces electricity. The benefits are…
Storage, current analysis of an upward trend
“In the November edition of the Magazine Nueva Minería y Energía, our researcher Luis Gutierrez-Lagos refers to the feasibility of incorporating energy storage into the National Electric System (SEN). “The incorporation of energy storage in the National Electric System (SEN) is not only feasible, but it also becomes technically necessary to sustain the growth of solar and wind generation at the rate that has been…
Smart grids to reach a renewable electricity matrix
Our Director, Daniel Olivares, speaks in the show Exploradores of TVN about how smart grids can facilitate the integration of renewable energies, distributed generation and energy efficiency.
Decentralization: People at the center of the production chain
Daniel Olivares addresses the role of distributed generation and storage as part of the efficient technological mix of electricity supply for Chile. He also discusses the challenges and opportunities associated with the greater resilience that these resources could provide to the electricity supply of end customers.
Chile has enormous space to continue innovating in the energy matrix
In this article, published in El Mercurio, the CENTRA UAI researcher, Felipe Larraín, highlights that Chile has been increasing variable renewable generation capacity for several years with solar photovoltaic and wind power plants. However, he assures that the intrinsic variability of resources poses difficulties that encourage innovation. In the short term, battery-based energy storage systems offer an alternative to alleviate transmission congestion, delay investments, arbitrate…
Eduardo Bitran: Global action is an opportunity for Chile
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change delivered its sixth report in which it projects that the global warming limit of 2°C will be exceeded during the 21st century unless there are profound reductions in Greenhouse Gas emissions in the coming decades ( GHG). In this context, the package of binding measures recently approved by the European Commission generates an expectation of advancing globally with the…
Renewable energy certification seeks to accelerate the transition to carbon-free energy
Our researcher and director of the Master and Diploma in Technologies and Management of Non-Conventional Renewable Energies UAI, Shahriyar Nasirov spoke in El Mercurio about the certification of renewable energies and how this system puts the consumer at the center of the energy transition. Nasirov says that although the renewable energy certification markets have grown rapidly in recent years, there are several major challenges for…
Friendly urbanism, smart cities
More than 30 countries celebrated the World Urban Planning Day on November 8, convening a set of disciplines that seek to improve the design and management of cities, incorporating the advantages of AI and the sustainable perspective of development, in an overpopulated planet that subsists in critical climatic conditions. Beyond public housing policies, the development of public works and equitable access to services; Today we…