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.
The challenges of the energy transition: will the 2050 goals be met?
September 30, 2026 Chile’s path to electrifying its energy matrix is advancing decisively, but it still faces challenges in extending its impact to key industries and economic processes that continue to rely on fossil fuels. On its path toward meeting its 2050 energy and carbon-neutrality targets, Chile is making significant progress in incorporating renewable energy into the power system. However, it now faces the challenge…
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.
Technologies for Renewable Energy: Innovation in the Chilean Electricity System
November 17, 2025 Disruptive developments are redefining the operation of the National Electric System, driving an energy transition that can offer clean energy, security, and a reliable supply to consumers. The energy transition in Chile is progressing sustainably, hand in hand with the increasing integration of renewable energies into the National Electric System (SEN), especially solar and wind. However, the challenge is no longer how…
EDF Power Solutions and Centra UAI discuss the future of energy storage in Chile
November 17, 2025 A seminar brought together industry experts to analyze the prospects for this technology in the coming years. Analyzing the future of energy storage as a key enabler for a secure energy transition was the objective of the seminar “The Storage Boom: Challenges and Opportunities,” organized by EDF Power Solutions and the Center for Energy Transition (Centra) of the Faculty of Engineering and…
Chile already has more than 2,500 free customers
November 10, 2025 A free customer is an electricity consumer who is not subject to the tariff regulated by the authority, but who can choose their energy supplier and directly negotiate the price and conditions of their supply. According to Lorenzo Reyes Bozo, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Business at the Universidad de Las Américas, unlike a regulated customer (for example, households or…
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…
ISO 50001’S BOOST TO BUSINESS COMPETITIVENESS
August 8, 2025 Energy efficiency is a key goal for companies in a context of growing sustainability demands. In this sense, the ISO 50001 standard is setting a baseline for meeting national and international environmental standards, accessing new business, and strengthening investor and customer confidence—a key asset for companies seeking to grow smartly and sustainably. Rodrigo Barraza, director of the Center for Energy Transition (Centra)…