CENTRA Anillo VPP team visits the National Electric Coordinator
CENTRA Anillo VPP team visits the National Electric Coordinator
CENTRA researchers presented the Anillo VPP project at the National Electric Coordinator and proposed working groups on operation, planning and markets with distributed resources.
Seminar: “The Future of Distributed Energy Resources in Chile” – Ring Project ACT250025
Thursday, August 20, 2026, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Adolfo Ibáñez University, Vitacura Campus, Room 6. Santa María 5870, Vitacura. Room capacity: 50 people. Free admission with prior registration. [REGISTER HERE] → https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/sqY0G6BU1R The Chilean electrical system is incorporating a growing number of distributed energy resources: solar panels, batteries, electric vehicles, and smart charging. Coordinating them as a virtual power plant allows this dispersed array…
Anillo Project ACT250025: Decision Support Tools for Virtual Power Plants
Models and platforms to plan, operate and integrate Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) into Chile’s grids and regulation, focusing on efficiency, resilience and citizen participation.
Blackouts: How mathematical models allow for the design of more reliable networks
November 13, 2025 A project led by researchers from the Faculty of Engineering and Sciences at Adolfo Ibáñez University proposes abandoning the assumption of isolated failures to redesign electrical grids, assuming that lifestyle and climate changes anticipate a greater frequency of outages in our country. On February 25, 2025, much of Chile was left without electricity. At 3:16 p.m., a fault in the transmission line…
CENTRA UAI researchers awarded ANID Regular Ring for innovation in virtual energy
November 4, 2025 The group, comprised of academics from the Faculty of Engineering and Sciences and the Business School, aims to develop a platform to support the design and operation of Virtual Power Plants in Chilean electricity markets. An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Adolfo Ibáñez University (UAI) was awarded the project “Decision Support Tools for Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) in Chile” in the…
Seminar: Virtual Power Plants in Chile – Pathways to a Sustainable Future
April 29, 2025 This morning, the Center for Energy Transition (CENTRA) of Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez presented the policy brief “Regulatory and Policy Pathways for Implementing Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) in Chile” at a seminar held in the Entel Room of UAI’s Errázuriz campus, bringing together authorities, academics, and representatives from the electricity sector. The event was led by CENTRA researcher and Director of the Civil…
Resilience for critical infrastructure
February 27, 2025 We were lucky. If this blackout had occurred on June 25, for example, the already slow commute home we saw last Tuesday would have been compounded by students and many other problems. “We need more resilient networks.” This phrase has been repeatedly heard in the media since yesterday. The February 25 blackout, which affected eight million households for more than six…
The key to critical infrastructure resilience in the face of natural disasters
August 12, 2024 By Javiera Barrera, director of the Doctorate in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Faculty of Engineering and Sciences of the Adolfo Ibáñez University. The new frontal system that is affecting the central and southern part of the country, painfully reminds us of the vulnerability of our critical infrastructure to natural disasters. These events prompt us to reflect on how we can…
CENTRA UAI Academic to Teach Course at Stanford University
December 21, 2023 After winning the “Edward Laroque Tinker Visiting Professor” fellowship, Dr. Javiera Barrera, a Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences and professor at the Faculty of Engineering and Sciences at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (FIC), will be a visiting professor at Stanford University for a quarter in 2024. During her visit, she will teach a course based on her research and work. Dr. José Blanchet,…