SERC Chile welcomes Timothy Patten from the National Science Foundation
The center welcomed the Division of Chemistry of the National Science Foundation director. Our director, Rodrigo Palma, along with associated researchers and María Eugenia Camelio, CONICYT FONDAP program director, shared with Patten the developments in solar energy in Chile. An interesting meeting was held in August 14 in SERC Chile. The guest was Timothy […]
Four SERC members are part of the “Energy 2050” committee
On July 31, at Cultural Center La Moneda, Minister Máximo Pacheco reported on the planning process for “Energy 2050,” a committee that seeks to define a participatory energy policy with a long-term view for the next 30 years. He also introduced the members of the advisory committee, 4 of which are also SERC Chile members. […]
SERC director participates in energy seminar organized by ACERA
The seminar, Energy Agenda: Chile’s great challenge, took place on Tuesday, July 15 in the SOFOFA auditorium. The Chilean Renewable Energies Association, ACERA, organized the event. Two hundred participants and a group of panelists and esteemed presenters, such as Rodrigo Palma, SERC Chile director, attended the event. On Tuesday July 15, a seminar organized by […]
How to explain solar energy to pre-school students
On the morning of June 24, Rodrigo Palma, director of SERC-Chile, gave a different kind of talk. With the help of professor Marcelo Matus, he explained how solar energy works to an attentive audience of 5 and 6 year olds. The children, Pre-kindergarten C students at San Ignacio of Alonso Ovalle School, learned how solar […]
Roberto Román: “Of all energy options available, nuclear is the least suitable one for Chile.”
The May edition of Electricity Journal featured an interesting interview between Fernando Sierpe, the Coordinator of the Nuclear Energy Committee of the Engineering School of Chile, and Roberto Román, an academic of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of University of Chile. In the article they discuss their opposing views on installing a nuclear energy plant […]
Press highlights solar project of Universidad de Antofagasta
An extensive report published by El Mercurio Antofagasta on June 1, which reveals the important developments of Universidad de Antofagasta, one of the six associated universities to SERC Chile on this matter, states that “the city is undergoing an important change in the development of solar energy” This press statement highlights Tania Varas’s project, a […]
Release: Universidad de Chile’s Annals magazine “Las Energías de Chile”
The release of “Las Energías de Chile” issue took place during the seminar “The public challenge of environmental transformations in Chile,” an activity held at the university’s sustainability week, which is a new edition of Annals magazine. The book was presented by former president Ricardo Lagos and the event had an outstanding discussion panel, […]
EOLIAN 4 in the final phase of the Atacama solar race 2014
The 4-wheeled solar car – created by students – shows that it is capable of working in equal conditions against the sophisticated Tesla Model S, a unique car in South America. The EOLIAN project was born in 2007 as a school project, led by the Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Department of Universidad de […]
SERC Chile researchers pay a successful visit to European laboratories
The team visited the Solar Platform of Almería (PSA, for its Spanish acronym), the Solar Laboratory of Odeillo, in France, and the International Solar Energy Research Center Konstanz (ISC) in Germany. An agreement was signed with the ISC in order to establish a joint research program. Fifteen researchers from the Solar Energy Center (SERC Chile) […]
Energy, climate change and sustainability, a viewpoint from the Law.
Autores: P. Moraga Título: Energy, climate change and sustainability, a viewpoint from the Law. Páginas: 260Editores: Pilar Moraga SariegoEditorial: Legal Publishing ChileAño: 2013
Successful first Workshop of Research Strategies for Solar Energy and Basic Sciences
Several lectures about basic sciences and solar energy were presented by national and international guests for five days during the event. The first Workshop of Research Strategies for Solar Energy and Basic Sciences was held with great attendance of academicians, related companies, students and key players related to energy in the country. This is […]
SERC Chile extends the invitation to attend Master Classes in Valparaíso
The event will take place at the National Congress Building in Valparaíso. A series of Master Classes will be held as part of the Research Strategies for Solar Energy and Basic Sciences Workshop which are aimed at the student community. The presentations will be given by our guest professor Stephan Koch of Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany; […]