The center welcomed the director of the National Science Foundation’s Division of Chemistry. Our director, Rodrigo Palma, along with affiliated researchers and María Eugenia Camelio, director of CONICYT’s FONDAP program, briefed Patten on developments in solar energy in Chile. An interesting meeting was held on August 14 at SERC Chile. The guest was Timothy […]

On July 31, at the La Moneda Cultural Center, Minister Máximo Pacheco reported on the planning process for “Energy 2050,” a committee tasked with defining a participatory energy policy with a long-term vision for the next 30 years. He also introduced the members of the advisory committee, four of whom are also members of SERC Chile. […]

The seminar, “Energy Agenda: Chile’s Great Challenge,” took place on Tuesday, July 15, in the SOFOFA auditorium. The Chilean Renewable Energy Association (ACERA) organized the event. Two hundred participants and a group of panelists and distinguished speakers, including Rodrigo Palma, director of SERC Chile, attended the event. On Tuesday, July 15, a seminar organized by […]

On the morning of June 24, Rodrigo Palma, director of SERC-Chile, gave a talk with a unique twist. 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, who are in Pre-Kindergarten C at San Ignacio de Alonso Ovalle School, learned how solar […]

The May issue of Electricity Journal featured an interesting interview between Fernando Sierpe, the coordinator of the Nuclear Energy Committee at the Chilean School of Engineering, and Roberto Román, a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Chile. In the article, they discuss their opposing views on building a nuclear power plant […]

An extensive report published by El Mercurio Antofagasta on June 1, which details significant developments at the University of Antofagasta—one of the six universities affiliated with SERC Chile on this issue—states that “the city is undergoing a major transformation in the development of solar energy.” This press release highlights Tania Varas’s project, a […]