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,…

See interview with Bernardo Severino, CENTRA researcher

July 31, 2025 Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) are emerging as a strategic pillar in Chile’s energy transition. In this interview, Bernardo Severino, Head of Research at the Center for Energy Transition (CENTRA) of the Faculty of Engineering and Sciences at UAI, analyzes the rise of utility-scale projects, regulatory progress, the barriers to widespread adoption, and the key role that academia and innovation play in…

July 18, 2025 In recent years, the energy transition toward a more sustainable model, the growing integration of variable renewable sources, and the ongoing decarbonization strategy have all been a key factor. In this context, and with the increasing share of renewables in the national grid, battery energy storage systems (BESS) have become key players in the ecosystem. BESS IN THE NATIONAL ENERGY ECOSYSTEM With…

July 2nd, 2025 The recent power outages in Chile and Spain have reignited an old technical consensus: that inertia is essential for system stability. Various sectors have argued that the growing penetration of variable renewable energies, such as solar and wind, is weakening the system’s ability to withstand disturbances, due to a lower system inertia associated with the decline of synchronous generators. But what does…