Within the framework of the seminar “The public challenge of environmental transformations in Chile,” an activity held during the university's sustainability week, the launch of “Las energías de Chile”—a new edition of the prominent Anales journal—took place. This event featured the participation of former President Ricardo […]

The four-wheeled solar vehicle—created by students—demonstrated its ability to race alongside a sophisticated Tesla Model S, the only one in South America. The EOLIAN project was established in 2007 as a student initiative, guided by the Departments of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at the University of Chile—an initiative supported […]

The team visited the Plataforma Solar de Almería (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 Research Center (SERC Chile) toured Spain, […]

During the five-day meeting, several lectures were delivered by national and international guests who addressed the topic of basic sciences and solar energy. With a large turnout of academics, related companies, students, and key national energy stakeholders, the Solar Energy Research Strategies Workshop was held, and […]

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 […]