Electrical system reliability: expert analysis of the February 25th blackout was discussed at the UAI 2025 panel discussion.
Electrical system reliability: expert analysis of the February 25th blackout was discussed at the UAI 2025 panel discussion.
March 17, 2025 The discussion panel organized by the Faculty of Engineering and Sciences at UAI, in collaboration with the Faculty of Law, focused on a detailed analysis of the reliability and resilience of the national electrical system, using the February 25 blackout as a starting point. During the event, various experts conducted an in-depth examination of the causes of the failure and the challenges…
Claudio Seebach, Dean of the UAI: “What I have seen most is a lack of leadership and communication”
March 3, 2025 For the academic and expert, the shortcomings became evident during “the first moment of the emergency, as well as later in the search for learning and solutions.” The dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Sciences of the UAI, was surprised by the historic blackout that affected a large part of the country this Tuesday when he returned from vacation with his…
A more reliable and resilient electrical system – Opinion column: Claudio Seebach
March 3, 2025 MR. DIRECTOR: The recent blackout that affected almost the entire country reveals the need to recover in Chile the capacity for public-private collaboration for the benefit of the population. This requires leadership clear communication, both in the immediate response and in the search for shared diagnoses, learning and development of proposals to strengthen the resilience of the electrical system. It is not…
Launch of the CENTRA-EDF Chile Research Chair
August 23, 2024 The research project will focus on exploring solutions for a more efficient and sustainable energy system, with an emphasis on energy storage. In a ceremony attended by leading academics, industrial leaders and government representatives, the Faculty of Engineering and Sciences and the Business School of Adolfo Ibáñez University (UAI), in collaboration with EDF Chile, launched a research project that will focus…
Academic from CENTRA UAI presents project to facilitate the energy transition
August 23, 2024 A web platform will be created designed to carry out electrical studies and provide information to the industry. Luis Gutiérrez, professor at the Faculty of Engineering and Sciences UAI and director of the Civil Engineering in Energy program, launched the Fondef IdeA I+D 2024 ID24I10476 project entitled “VisiónDERRED: Web platform for distribution network analysis for the efficient integration of distributed energy…
Should competition be introduced into electricity distribution?: Experts address difficulties and aim to modernise regulation
August 12, 2024 Following the massive and persistent power cuts, there are voices that have begun to consider that more actors can enter the distribution industry and stop it from being a natural monopoly. As of Friday, 60 thousand clients nationwide were still without power, according to the Superintendency of Electricity and Fuels (SEC). This is more than a week after the storm that…
Without renewable energy, we would be in a much more complex situation
August 7, 2024 Is it possible to “escape” the increase in electricity rates planned for this year? First, we have to understand that the increases in electricity bills that we are experiencing are the result of something that we have avoided for the last five years in Chile. Let us remember that, when the social outbreak occurred, rates were frozen in a scenario where…
With technological help and smart decisions you can save electricity
Switching to a kettle to heat water does not help save money, but it is better to wash in the morning using cold water. Apps and sites are useful for analyzing consumption and understanding where the greatest efficiency can be achieved. The rise in electricity rates can hit Chileans’ economy hard. This could translate into increases in bills ranging from 15% to 50%, depending on…
Hard blow to the pocket: this Monday begins to apply the readjustment and gradual increase in electricity tariffs
This scenario is the result of the unfreezing of tariffs, which were frozen from the Social Outbreak to date. Therefore, they will rise as much as they should have risen during that time. The deadline has arrived. After arduous days of discussion, this Monday the increase in electricity rates begins to take effect, which means that customers’ bills will experience a considerable price increase. This…
UAI and WEC Chile organize panel on clean fuels and energy transition
April 3, 2024 As part of Women’s Month, the Faculty of Engineering and Sciences of the Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (UAI) together with the World Energy Council Chile (WEC Chile), organized the panel “Hydrogen and clean fuels”, led by four leading industry experts. In the instance, the current situation of renewable energy in the country was addressed, as well as the articulated collaboration between the…