Guillermo Jiménez: “We hope to see regional leaders adopting this project and keeping it up over time”
The project “Solar energy for the sustainable development of the region of Arica y Parinacota” was formally launched on May 14 at the Assembly Hall of Universidad de Tarapacá. The project will be carried out by regional communities for five years with the Technical support from SERC and funding by the BHP Billiton Foundation. […]
Openings for the International School on Theoretical Fundamentals of Solar Energy of SERC Chile and Ecodie
SERC Chile, in collaboration with Ecodie, have created the International School on Theoretical Fundamentals of Solar Energy (Fupse 2015), aimed at undergraduate and graduate students in physics, engineering and related sciences, and also professionals in the field. The cycle of talks, sponsored by Conicyt, will be held from August 10 – 21 and will be […]
The photos of the launch of the SERC Chile’s project in Arica
The project “Solar energy for the sustainable development of the region of Arica y Parinacota” was formally launched on May 14 at the Assembly Hall of Universidad de Tarapacá, and on May 18, at Club de La Unión El Golf, in Santiago, with the BHP Billiton Sustainability Report. The project will be carried out by […]
SERC Researcher is interviewed by “Copper and Mining Engineers” Magazine
Gustavo Cáceres, SERC Chile associated researcher, was interviewed for the December issue of “Copper and Mining Engineer” magazine (Revista Ingenieros del Cobre y Minería by its Spanish name), where he explained the reason why solar thermal energy is the most efficient option for the mining industry in our country. Gustavo Cáceres, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez “We […]
Paul Werbos had a busy agenda during his visit to Chile as a SERC guest
Paul Werbos, director of the National Science Foundation, arrived to the country with his wife, Ludmilla. They both gave plenary sessions in EVIC 2014, The Latin American Summer School for Computational Intelligence, which is organized by the Department of Electrical Engineering of Universidad de Chile and the Chilean section of the Computational Intelligence Society of […]
Columbia Global Centers and SERC extend the invitation to the workshop “A Solar Grand Plan for Chile”
Columbia Global Centers Latin America (Santiago) along with SERC Chile and the Innovation Fund for Competitiveness, extend an invitation to the Workshop “A Solar Grand Plan for Chile,” which will be about new renewable energy market development in our country. Rodrigo Palma, our director, is one of the invited panelists to participate in this meeting, […]
“Chile, solar energy global powerful country,” the vision of Rodrigo Palma expressed in Beauchef Magazine
SERC Chile director was part of the recent issue of Beauchef Magazine, where he wrote the column “Chile, solar energy global powerful country,” and analyzed the exceptional conditions that our country has in order to become a center of development in renewable energies. Those interested can have access to the full text clicking here. Chile […]
The Net Billing Seminar, sponsored by SERC Chile, will be held on Tuesday 9
The registration for the “Distributed Generation Law Seminar – Net Billing,” organized by Universidad de Chile and sponsored by SERC Chile, is now open. The event will be held on December 9, from 8:30 to 1:30 P.M. in Santiago Chamber of Commerce, located at 392 Monjitas street, Santiago. Program: […]
Researchers from Universidad de Concepción participated in the creation of the first Chilean Solar Map
The Solar Map was launched on November 21 at the Hall of Honor of Concepción City Hall. It was elaborated by a team of researchers from Universidad del Bio-Bio, Universidad de Concepción and Finland’s Aalto University, with the support from CONICYT and the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters (Project CON*FIN AKA-ERNC 007). The map […]
SERC Chile researcher is one of the world’s 25 Green Talents
Patricio Mendoza, associated SERC Chile researcher and professor of the Electrical Engineering Department of the Mathematics and Physics Faculty (FCFM, by its Spanish acronym), is the first Chilean to be acknowledged as a “Green Talent.” The competition is organized by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research which acknowledges sustainability research projects. The competition […]
SERC Chile researchers visited Photovoltaic Plant Amanecer Solar CAP
On October 16, Line of Research 2 researches Luis Morán, José Espinoza, Claudia Rahmann and Miguel Torres, along with Rubén Peña from Line of Research 1, visited the 100 MW photovoltaic plant Amanecer Solar CAP, located 40km from Copiapó. The plant has more than 314,000 photovoltaic panels installed around 280 hectares and has been pumping […]
SERC Chile participates in solar car launch of the Faculty of Engineering, Universidad de Concepción
Lines 1 and 2 researchers José Espinoza, Rubén Peña and Miguel Torres attended the launching ceremony, where the support to this project from SERC Chile was recognized. The car and its team will participate in the Atacama solar race which will take place between November 13 and 17. José Espinoza, Miguel Torres and Rubén Peña […]