Circular economy in generation projects
Circular economy in generation projects
October 3, 2022 In Chile, initiatives are being developed to recycle and repurpose out-of-use components from renewable energy plants and other energy sector facilities. The goal is to achieve “zero waste.” In 2021, Chile set an ambitious goal of generating 70% of its energy from renewable sources by 2050. Over the past decade, the country has experienced steady growth in clean energy projects, mainly solar…
Princeton researcher works with CENTRA UAI to encourage green hydrogen production in Chile
September 30, 2022 Public Policy Student from Princeton Analyzes Chile’s National Green Hydrogen Strategy Alex Giannattasio, a public policy student and researcher at Princeton’s Andlinger Center for Energy & the Environment, along with academics from the Centro de Transición Energética (CENTRA) at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (UAI), analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of Chile’s “National Green Hydrogen Strategy”, published by the Ministry of Energy. The objective…
Felipe Larraín and nanotechnology: “When you make everything very small, you can explore new possibilities”
August 20, 2022 In conversation with Divergentes, the academic from Adolfo Ibáñez University showed his optimism regarding the future of this discipline. “Everything I can say falls short of imagination and certainly imagination is the limit,” he said. Beyond what our eyes can see, there is a world full of possibilities. Various specialists from around the world saw this potential and began to work. “People…
Wind farms: 85% of the mass of a wind turbine can be recycled
June 10, 2022 Recycling Wind Turbine Blades: Challenges and Solutions Felipe Larraín, a researcher at the Center for Energy Transition (CENTRA) at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (UAI), explains how wind turbine blades can be recycled or repurposed instead of being disposed of in landfills. This initiative is being monitored by CENTRA UAI, which aims to find sustainable solutions for managing decommissioned wind turbine blades, turning them…
The opportunities raised by BESS batteries for the operation of the electrical system
January 5, 2022 “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…
Researcher of CENTRA UAI develops stretchable light detector with applications in biomedicine, robotics and agriculture
December 30, 2021 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…
Solar Energy Research Center (SERC-Chile)
The overall aim of SERC Chile is to build a solid base of knowledge on solar energy. For this second stage (2017-2022), four strategic focuses were defined for the development of solar energy in Chile: 1) Massive integration of large-scale solar energy to the electric interconnected system, 2) Solar energy based mining in Chile, 3) Development and widespread adoption of small-scale solar solutions and 4)…