The Energy Development Center of the University of Antofagasta (CDEA) signed a Framework Collaboration Agreement with Rockwood Lithium, a business unit of the global lithium producer Albemarle Corporation.

This is an agreement for research and development of processes that enable the industrial production of lithium nitrate with applications in energy storage.

Rockwood Lithium is committed to providing its facilities and expertise and supplying the inputs of interest for the characterization of lithium based on its application in solar thermal storage.

The director of CDEA and SERC Chile researcher, Edward Fuentealba, stated that this collaboration will drive the development and sustainability of solar energy so that it can be positioned as a fundamental pillar of Chile's energy matrix.

The Antofagasta Energy Development Center has driven the development of sustainable energy sources for industrial growth and the diversification of Chile's energy matrix. It is the reference center in the northern zone for solar energy and part of the Solar Energy Research Center SERC Chile, through the University of Antofagasta.