As part of the seminar “The Public Challenge of Environmental Transformations in Chile”—an event held during the university’s Sustainability Week—the launch of “Las energías de Chile,” a new issue of the renowned journal *Anales*, took place. This event was attended by former President Ricardo […]

The four-wheeled solar vehicle—created by students—proved that it can keep pace with a sophisticated Tesla Model S, the only one of its kind in South America. The EOLIAN project began in 2007 as a student project, led by the Departments of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at the University of Chile—an initiative supported […]

The team visited the Almería Solar Platform (PSA) in Spain, the Odeillo Solar Laboratory in France, and the International Solar Energy Research Center Konstanz (ISC) in Germany. An agreement was signed with the ISC to establish a joint research program. Fifteen researchers from the Solar Energy Center (SERC Chile) toured Spain, […]

During the five-day event, a variety of presentations were given by national and international guests who explored the topic of basic sciences and solar energy. With a large turnout of academics, related companies, students, and key players in the country’s energy sector, the Workshop on Solar Energy Research Strategies and […] took place.

The event will take place at the National Congress Building in Valparaíso. As an outreach activity of the Research Strategies for Solar Energy and Basic Sciences Workshop, a series of Master Classes aimed at the student community will be held. These presentations will be given by our guest professor Stephan Koch of Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany; and […]

The program Cazadores de Ciencia traveled to the Norte Grande to explore the potential of solar energy in power generation and water decontamination techniques. The search for privileged areas in our country due to their status as natural laboratories led the team from the TVN program Cazadores de Ciencia, Chile: Laboratorio Natural, to […]