Seminar: Virtual Power Plants in Chile – Pathways to a Sustainable Future
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…
Academics from the UAI Faculty of Engineering and Sciences lead a battery reuse project.
January 29, 2025 A team of academics from the School of Engineering and Sciences, composed of Professors Carlos Silva, Bernardo Severino, Luis Gutiérrez, and Felipe Larraín, has been awarded a grant in the first call of CORFO’s “R&D Challenges” program. This initiative is in collaboration with the Atamos Tec Corporation, the University of Nottingham, the French Research and Development Institute CEA Liten, and the University…
ON THE ROAD TO ELECTROMOBILITY: Sales of electric vehicles to break records in 2024
January 30, 2025 LAST YEAR ENDED WITH NEARLY 20,000 NEW REGISTERED UNITS, DOUBLING ALL CATEGORIES COMPARED TO 2023 With historic figures, 2024 closed in terms of sales of new energy vehicles (formerly referred to as zero and low-emission vehicles), totaling 19,101 registered units, representing a 104.6% increase compared to 2023. “2024 was the best year in Chile for each category of zero or low-emission…
How is the market for electric buses and trucks progressing in the country
December 10, 2024 Climate Change Highlights the Urgent Task of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG). In Chile, the transport sector accounts for 23% of the country’s emissions, according to figures from the Energy Sustainability Agency (AgenciaSE). To address this issue, initiatives are already underway to gradually replace fossil fuels with renewable energy sources. Although the electric bus market in the country reached a total…
Networks at the limit threaten expansion of data centers and electromobility
November 11, 2024 Modifying the current regulatory model, extending digitalization, investing in infrastructure and technology are some of the actions that should be implemented to meet demand. The sector’s always forgotten players are now protagonists. With a regulatory framework from the 1980s, which many consider obsolete, the electrical distribution networks jumped onto the public agenda following the ravages caused by the August storms that exposed…
Free course – Advances in Accommodation Capacity
November 11th, 2024 CENTRA UAI joins course on advances in hosting capacity of electrical networks The Center for Energy Transition (CENTRA) of Adolfo Ibáñez University collaborates in a training course on “Advances in Hosting Capacity”, organized by the Power and Energy Systems Group and the Melbourne Energy Institute of the University of Melbourne, together with the State University of Campinas (Brazil), Energy Research and…
Enel to pay more than $8 billion for power outages in 2021 | Economic Agenda
September 25th, 2024 The Fourth Civil Court of Santiago ruled that Enel must pay more than $8 billion to customers affected by a series of unjustified power outages that occurred between January 29 and February 2, 2021.
Study on electromobility in Chile reveals unequal distribution of charging points
September 11th, 2024 Work carried out by Volvo Car Chile, in collaboration with the Center for Energy Transition (CENTRA) of the Adolfo Ibáñez University, provided an x-ray of the infrastructure to receive more electrified cars. A detailed study on the state of electromobility in Chile was presented by Volvo Car Chile, a firm that in collaboration with the Center for Energy Transition (CENTRA) of…
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…
Is it possible to travel around Chile in an electric car?
July 25, 2024 Although there are more than 900 charging stations across the country, they are concentrated between Coquimbo and La Araucanía, making journeys to remote areas and those far from highways difficult or longer in duration. One of the most common questions when someone considers an electric car is whether long trips can be made in it. Traveling north, south, or across Chile….