Eduardo Bitran, academic at CENTRA (Adolfo Ibáñez University), at the Lithium 2026 Forum
Eduardo Bitran, academic at CENTRA (Adolfo Ibáñez University), at the Lithium 2026 Forum
September 17, 2026 Speaking at the Lithium Forum 2026, Eduardo Bitran, an academic at Adolfo Ibáñez University, highlighted the mining industry’s remarkable progress and future challenges in the country, noting that national production grew exponentially, rising from 84,000 tons in 2016 to 221,000 tons in 2025. The expert emphasized that adopting direct extraction technologies would optimize yields and reduce water usage in the Atacama…
Regulatory cybernetics in the Chilean energy market
The energy transition also presents new challenges for the regulation of the electricity system. In this seminar, our faculty member Daniel Olivares proposes viewing regulation through the lens of regulatory cybernetics—not merely as the application of rules, but as a process of observation, decision-making, intervention, and learning. Drawing on examples from the Chilean energy market, the talk examines how regulatory models enable the identification of…
Green Hydrogen Conference in Chile: Progress and Status of Projects
June 26, 2026 Last Thursday, June 4, 2026, the “Meeting on Green Hydrogen in Chile: Progress and Status of Projects” was held. This event brought together students, academics, and representatives from the public and industrial sectors in Room 10 of the Vitacura campus of Adolfo Ibáñez University. The activity took place within the framework of the TEI RH2 Project, an international cooperation initiative promoted…
Proyecta Solar 2026: VisionDERRED, the platform that accelerates distributed generation in Chile
May 27, 2026 We attended Proyecta Solar 2026, and our shared impression is unanimous: solar energy in Chile has moved beyond being a promise and has become a systemic challenge in terms of infrastructure and management. We shared with more than 1,700 attendees at an event that demonstrated the tremendous maturity of our sector. The days when the sole objective was to increase installed capacity…
UAI economists propose gradual increases in fuel prices and higher green taxes
April 6, 2026 Rodrigo Wagner and Claudio Agostini warned that current prices do not incorporate the costs of pollution and that gradual adjustments would help protect households and strengthen public spending. In the discussion “Decisions that Impact: Economy and Government Measures in Chile,” organized by the Business School in conjunction with the Faculty of Engineering and Sciences at UAI, Rodrigo Wagner and Claudio Agostini,…
Claudio Agostini on the rise in gasoline prices: “It would have been more reasonable to have done it more gradually”
In the MesaCentral interview, Iván Valenzuela spoke with economist and UAI academic Claudio Agostini about the increase in fuel prices and the measures proposed by the Executive.
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…
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…
Talk: Sustainability and Sociotechnical Transitions to Reimagine the Future
April 15, 2025 The planetary polycrisis—ecological, economic, and geopolitical—requires sociotechnical transitions that integrate innovation, institutions, and cultural changes. Current policies are insufficient at both the global and local levels, and technological developments can deepen conditions of inequality. In this context, three key areas need to be developed: transformative resilience to move from incremental adaptation to structural change; multilevel governance and justice to align financing and…
New Cycle of Transdisciplinary Dialogues on Sustainability – UAI
March 17, 2025 ? Climate change demands a sustainable transformation of energy systems. In this talk, we will discuss the role of green hydrogen, the social acceptance of new infrastructure, and the geopolitical impacts and constraints of the transition, using examples from Canada and around the world. Link to presentation: Ian Rowlands: Enfoque sistémico para las transiciones energéticas