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After 12 years of operation, CEGA will no longer receive basal funding from ANID. However, it will continue its applied work with the portfolio of projects supported by different regional governments. CEGA's director, Diego Morata, pointed out that "it has been demonstrated that there are res...
CEGA's principal investigator was awarded funding for an ANID Anillo project for the next two years. Daniele emphasized that the initiative will gather the experience of the shallow geothermal projects carried out by CEGA in the last five years. Between 2023 and 2025, the connection betwee...
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Martin Reich: “I see multiple opportunities to further enhance the joint work between DGL and CEGA”.
The researcher, a member of the founding team of CEGA, assumed the direction of the Department of Geology of the Universidad de Chile (DGL) until 2024. Reich emphasized the importance of CEGA for the DGL and remarked that his administration will search to enhance the strengths of the entire c...
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With the presence of different authorities, the Ministry of Energy and Andean Geothermal Center of Excellence (CEGA) -Fondap ANID, of the Universidad de Chile and the Pontificia Universidad Católica- inaugurated the new geothermal heating system for direct use in the Luis Cruz Martínez Municipal S...
The project is the result of a joint effort between the Access and Social Development Division of the Ministry of Energy and the Andean Geothermal Center of Excellence (CEGA). The system maintains the rooms at a constant temperature and eliminates the particulate matter generated by the old s...
The project "Geothermal greenhouse for tomato cultivation", financed by the Innovation Fund for Competitiveness (FIC) of the Regional Government of Los Ríos and its Regional Council, was completed with the discussion "Prospects for the incorporation of geothermal energy to improve agricultural prod...
By Daniele Tardani, researcher at CEGA and associate professor at Universidad Estatal de O’Higgins (UOH). As we all know, the drought is affecting us seriously in many aspects, and one of them is that the lack of rain is reducing the possibilities of supplying water for human consumption. In addi...
At a recent activity held at the Regional Museum of Aysen in Chile, the Center of Excellence in Geothermal Energy of the Andes (CEGA) presented the results of the project “Feasibility of geothermal cogeneration in Puyuhuapi.” Based on these results, a conclusion was reached that the construction...
Gloria Arancibia, PhD in Sciences, with a major in Geology, was promoted today to Full Professor of the Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering of the PUC. The professor and researcher becomes with this appointment the first Full Professor in the School of Engineering within the...
Center of Excellence in Geothermal de Los Andes (CEGA) expanded the geological and visual walk compared in 2014. With the participation of 23 news authors, 14 news stories, original photos and ilustrations, "La Tierra de Fuego" was launched by CEGA....
The project was awarded FIC delivered by Regional Goverment of Los Rios and his Regional Council. This initiative will allow the instalation of SCALLS with a system of Reverse Osmosis for the water purification in the middle of climate crisis....
The Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) will produce a special edition focused on the geochemistry of fluids (gas and water), isotopes and mineralogical studies in active/fossil volcanic and hydrothermal systems. This call for the MDPI will be attended by Daniele Tarda...
The Government recently installed in our country will be faced with an internal and international energy scenario that, possibly, was not included in the original work plans or in its proposals for sustainable energy development for Chile. By Diego Morata, director of the Andean Geother...
Between the 4th and the 8th of April, in Quito, Ecuador, was held the Spanish American Shallow Geothermal third Version. The activity took place in order to get closer to regular people the concepts of shallow geothermal and the advances achieved by researchers of countries such as Argentina, Chi...
In the meeting, organized by the Center of Excellence in Geothermal of Los Andes and the Geo Energy Europe, also had involved the Ministry of Energy and the President of the geothermal council of Chile. The gathering objective was to look and evaluate the challenges that geothermal ener...
The director of CEGA, between March 27th and April 2, hosted the summer school and hold the Geothermal Energy Field trip day to geothermal projects: Heat generation for greenhouses – pilot projects at Coz Coz and Liquiñe”. At the time, the IECO, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, ...
"The development of projects, energy systems and energy policies is commonly associated with male roles, where the historical gender gap that exists in the fields of science, technology and engineering is perpetuated", warns the researcher from the Center for Excellence in Geothermal Energy of the A...
The Thirteenth FONDAP Centers of Excellence in Priority Areas that the country currently has, are the result of a fundamental paradigm shift in national science policies that occurred more than a decade ago. The Chilean State, through FONDECYT councils, established the unprecedented creation of a ...
Gloria Arancibia (PUC) and Daniele Tardani (UACH), both members of the Center of Excellence in Geothermal of Los Andes, awarded financials from the Fondecyt 2022 Contest, from the National Research and Development Agency (ANID in spanish), to carry on wiith their research in the area of ...
CEGA will expand its work in the implementation of projects for the use of low-temperature geothermal energy towards the north of the country, thanks to the award of an Innovation Fund for Regional Competitiveness (FIC-R ), delivered by the Regional Government of Antofagasta, for the air condition...
Linda Daniele, head teacher of the Department of Geology of the Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, and also researcher at the Center of Excellence in Geothermal Energy of the Andes (CEGA), awarded the tender "Strategic Drought Research Fund" Contest of the National Agency of Research...
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The CEGA academic and researcher Juvenal Letelier, was distinguished with the Willi H. Hager JHR Award, from the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR), as one of the best reviewers of the year 2020 in one of its journals of investigation. The IAHR is an inde...
Last week the project of the Innovation Fund for Competitiveness (FIC) that was executed by the Center of Excellence in Geothermal of Los Andes (CEGA) in Liquiñe, a town located in Panguipulli, Los Ríos Region, was closed. The instance, which had the participation of the CEGA team of profession...
In the framework of the 5th session of talks of the # MesEnergía, an instance organized by the Energy Commission of the College of Engineers of Chile, the Center of Excellence in Geothermal of Los Andes of the University of Chile (CEGA) had an outstanding participation thanks to the presentations "...
The new system is located in the Hipólito Muñoz Hot Springs, Panguipulli, and takes direct heat from hot springs, which will allow a 70m2 greenhouse and a dryer for agricultural products and wood to be heated through pipes. The mountainous area of the Los Ríos Region, specifically Liqui...
The second part of the World Geothermal Congress, Reykjavík Iceland 2020 + 1 culminated with the geosciences week, in which outstanding presentations were made by CEGA researchers. The topics addressed in the closing week were related to exploration, geology, geophysics, geochemistry, resource eval...
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With earthworks and excavations, the project "Reactivation of production and agro-energy in Máfil" was started, financed by the Innovation Fund for Competitiveness (FIC) of the Regional Government (GORE) of Los Ríos and its Regional Council. This reactivation will be due to the production of seedl...
With the works being carried out for months in Liquiñe, a town located in Panguipulli, Los Ríos Region, it was defined that the direct use of geothermal energy through thermal waters will be used for the installation of a greenhouse and a food dryer in the area. This advance was made known at t...
The D2-Phaser Bruker diffractometer equipment allows X-ray diffraction (XRD) and, among other things, the identification of minerals in solid samples, thus providing high value geoscientific information and positioning the CEGA laboratories as one of the most advanced in all of Latin America....
93% of homes in Puyuhuapi use firewood for heating and about 22% of the families' monthly income goes to this section. These are some of the results evidenced by the survey on energy poverty, an instrument created by the Energy Poverty Network (RedPe in spanish) and carried out in the field by the C...
A CEGA study looked at the geological faults near Puyuhuapi to shed light on the geothermal reservoir in the area and the possibility of electricity cogeneration. Although this phenomenon could occur around the Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault, Nicolás Pérez, CEGA researcher and author of this paper, warned o...
By: Sofía Vargas Payera, CEGA Researcher and member of the Energy Poverty Network. The world of energy and its access is marked by inequality. As in other areas such as health, education and gender, energy inequality is present in Chile, where about 20% of the population does not have domestic h...
CEGA researchers Daniel Díaz (Uchile), Ángelo Castruccio (Uchile), Jeanne Vidal (Postdoctoral CEGA) and José Cembrano (PUC) obtained funding for the development of their research proposals for a period of 4 years (3 in the case of Vidal) through the Fondecyt Regular 2021 contest, funded by ANID (...
The governor of Los Ríos Region, César Asenjo, arrived to the city of Máfil, and together with researchers from the Center of Excellence in Geothermal of Los Andes (CEGA) of the University of Chile, were part of the construction of the first Geothermal Plant Chamber, a project that is located in ...
As “all an honor and pride”, Diego Morata - director of the Center of Excellence in Geothermal of Los Andes (CEGA) - took the invitation to be Editor in a special issue of the prestigious magazine “Minerals”, where he works with the French researcher Dr. Patricia Patrier, to show that hydrot...
Could it be that Puyuhuapi has a geothermal electric cogeneration plant? That is the premise with which researchers from the Los Andes Geothermal Center of Excellence (CEGA) began prospecting within the framework of a project financed by the Innovation Fund for Competitiveness (FIC), which today giv...
With prominent speakers, the Webinar "Geothermal: Earth's energy for the future of Los Ríos Region" was held, organized by the Regional Productive Development Corporation (CRDP in spanish) in conjunction with the Center of Excellence in Geothermal of Los Andes (CEGA), and that it sought to guide th...
"10 years of CEGA: progress and prospecting for geothermal energy in Chile" was the title of the discussion that brought together the Undersecretary of Energy Francisco López, the general manager of Geothermal from the North (Cerro Pabellón) Viviana Meneses and the president of the Geothermal Coun...
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Diego Morata, director of the Center of Excellence in Geothermal of Los Andes- CEGA- University of Chile. Almost without noticing it, in November the Andes Geothermal Center of Excellence (CEGA) celebrates ten years of existence in our country. It was at the end of 2010 when we were informed that...
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With the online discussion “Learning from a geothermal air conditioning project”, ended the project that allowed the process of replacing the heating with firewood by geothermal energy at the Altos del Mackay Bicentennial High School in Coyhaique. The initiative was financed by the Innovation ...
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It's strategic for Chile today to know the presence, origin, circulation and storage of groundwater. This is the main theme that the study led by researchers from the Center of Excellence in Geothermal of Los Andes (CEGA) and published by the Journal of Geochemical Exploration deepened. The paper sh...
Mauricio Muñoz, a CEGA researcher, has been participating since August in this crucial instance led by the Ministry of Energy, which seeks to establish the guidelines for the conversion to renewable energies of the country's energy matrix....
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During the month of August, sensors were installed monitoring temperature and humidity that will improve the agricultural production of the project "Geothermal greenhouse for the cultivation of tomatoes", financed by the Innovation Fund for Competitiveness (FIC) of the Regional Government of Los Rí...
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There is a trend in architecture that states that it is possible to create spaces by manipulating impalpable aspects such as air, light or water vapor. The Altoandino Meteorological Park project works with this idea, proposing a space where elements such as water vapor or the ducts of a geothermal...
There are key elements about the water cycle in Chile that are unknown, because what happens underground has not been sufficiently investigated. How do aquifers that we use the most recharge? How old are the waters stored underground? For sure, we only know a few, and that means that water managemen...
The Altiplano-Puna volcanic complex, located in northern Chile, is an area with potential for a large eruption, however this place still presents many questions for geological research. A study published in Scientific Reports of Nature, investigated to determine the origin of magmas in thi...
According to information delivered in the virtual event "Global geothermal update" organized by the World Geothermal Congress 2020 in Reykjavik, Iceland, and the International Geothermal Association (IGA), direct use and electricity generation based on geothermal energy grew 52% and 29% re...
Our researchers Sofía Vargas and Miguel Saldivia are authors of the chapter "Environmental impact assessment and public participation in geothermal energy projects: the cases of Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia and Mexico", which is part of the publication of the prestigiou...
In the webinar “Geothermal: State of play - changing the narrative” held at the end of March, the Executive Director of the International Geothermal Association (IGA), Dr. Marit Brommer, raised what are the priority issues for geothermal energy in the coming years and how the sector ca...
In March of this year, “The interaction between active crustal faults and volcanism: A case study of the Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault Zone and Osorno volcano, Southern Andes, using magnetotellurics” was published in the Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, a study led by C...
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During December 2019, the results of the regular FONDECYT and FONDEF projects were announced, both funds financed by CONICYT. CEGA researchers Pablo Sánchez and Andrés Veloso, were awarded FONDECYT proposals linked to the investigation of thermal processes and their implications in geotherm...
“It is a way to democratize the sciences and allows us to assemble the interest of the students, with the work we do in centers of excellence such as CEGA,” said Víctor Rodríguez, CEGA researcher who gave one of the three units of the course “Geology and Geothermal”, or...
On Tuesday, December 10th the conference “Social and Technological Innovation in Patagonia: CET Valle Verde, Puerto Aysén” officialy closed the project financed by the Ministry of Social Development and Family through the Fund “Chile para Todas y Todos 2018”, which allowed systematizing the...
During November our Center’s researchers presented in different international scientific events related to the development of geothermal energy. New Zealand: The "41st New Zealand Geothermal Workshop" was held in the city of Auckland during the last week of November. CEGA director, Diego Morata...
During November 20th, the Energy and Mining Commission of the House of Deputies invited CEGA’s director , Dr. Diego Morata, who presented expert observations regarding the project of improvement of the “Law No. 19,657 on energy concessions geothermal for the development of projects of shallow ...
The academics of the Environmental System Research Laboratory of the Japanese University of Hokkaido Yoshitaka Sakata and Katsunori Nagano held a meeting with professionals of the CEGA Project Area on November 6th. Asian experts presented a project funded by the Japanese government, which was ins...
According to measurements from the CEGA technical team “Being in a heated classroom with slow combustion exposes teachers and children to breathe particulate material that reaches environmental emergency parameters, but inside the classroom. This situation is serious since the exposure for a fu...
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The German-Chilean research will develop, build and operate a geothermal brine treatment system to provide drinking water in mountain areas and recover minerals such as gold, lithium and potassium in the same process....
Travelers of all ages boarded the Ship located at the Quinta Normal Metro station, between July 23 and August 3. The Explora CONICYT Project for the Assessment and Dissemination of Science and Technology 2018-2019 was executed by CEGA, with a montage that included informative pane...
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The Andean Geothermal Center of Excellence - CEGA- launched an interactive exhibition that uses virtual, augmented reality and sceneries created to live the multisensory experience of entering through the crater and going down to the magmatic chamber of a volcano. The exhibition will be open un...
For the second consecutive year, the Andean Geothermal Center of Excellence (CEGA) received the recognition of the Geothermal Congress for Latin America and the Caribbean (GEOLAC) for the Best Social and Environmental Impact Project in the region. On this occasion, for the initiative to replace fire...
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During their stay, the group held meetings with CEGA’s research team , mastered a class at the School of Geology of the U. of Chile on the state of Geothermal Energy in Ecuador and visited a geothermal greenhouse with heat pump, among other protocol meetings. ...
At the end of May, the school community of the establishment located in the commune of Coyhaique uses clean Earth energy to heat its units....
The Andean Geothermal Center of Excellence (CEGA, www.cega.ing.uchile.cl) at the Department of Geology of the Universidad de Chile seeks a highly qualified and motivated postdoctoral scientist to develop research in the field of fluid and melt inclusions. Candidates should have experience operating ...
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The station was a media partner of the project and, in addition, provided CEGA with technical support for recording informative podcasts on the contents of the sample....
The program for officials and inmates included notions on how to establish a good business model, market analysis, SWOT diagnosis, recognition of key activities and the value of each process in the production chain....
This is what states the social science professional in charge of executing the project financed by the Fund “Chile for everyone” of the Ministry of Social Development, for the systematization of the social impact and innovation practices of the initiative "Geothermal greenhouse for social reinte...
The Aysén Region has become a pole for direct use geothermal projects and, in this context, CEGA’s director, Diego Morata, led a technical visit for authorities from Los Ríos interested in learning about installation details in the field, to evaluate the possibility of replicating some initiativ...
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CEGA’s director, Diego Morata, participated in the panel of experts of the 1st International Seminar on District Energy and Geothermal Energy in Magallanes, together with members from the Geothermal and District Energy Unit of the Ministry of Energy; the national technical coordinator of UN Enviro...
(CEGA, January 3, 2018) Last week the results of the Call to the Innovation Fund for Competitiveness (FIC) 2018 executed by the Regional Government through Corfo were announced. CEGA was awarded the project that seeks to study the technical and social feasibility of projecting a geothermal cogenerat...
(CEGA, December 11, 2018) Today in the Municipal House of Liquiñe was presented the project "Implementation of a Direct Use Geothermal Pilot with Productive Focus for the Cordilleran Zone of the Los Ríos Region". This initiative is led by the Regional Productive Development Corporation together wi...
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The report "Comparative Legislation Analysis on Geothermal Energy" was prepared by the lawyer specializing in environmental legislation, Miguel Saldivia, CEGA collaborator. The objective was to contextualize the current Chilean legislation on geothermal energy, in relationship with the regulations o...
(November 23, 2018) The study led by the researcher of the Andean Geothermal Center of Excellence, CEGA, and academic from the University of Chile, Linda Daniele analyzed ten brands of bottled water sold in the country, to determine the chemical composition and the presence of 32 chemical elements....
During October, EnergyLab Technology Center of Spain Director, Juan Rodríguez, visited CEGA, to present one of the projects their organization is leading: the Ecobarrio project for the Galician city of Ourense....
(CEGA, October 30th) With the focus of promoting geothermal through lively experiences and to evaluate its operation over time, CEGA was awarded projects totaling USD$249.000, aiming to promote the benefits of the Earth's heat in the agricultural, social, and science outreach field....
On October 24th, the president of AGEOCOL, Colombian Geothermal Association, Pablo Aguilera, visited CEGA, to held various activities with CEGA team members, and present a seminar on "State of the Art of Geothermal Energy in Colombia: Challenges and Opportunities"....
Lectures that combine films, series, innovation and geology, an interactive stand with a functional replica of a geothermal plant and augmented reality, as well as a communication workshop for girls and boys in sciences were the main activities that involved researchers, students and CEGA...
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(CEGA, September 29th) As part of the annual training workshops organized by CEGA’s Communications Unit, during September was taught the course "TED type Talks", for 17 students and researchers from CEGA and other departments of the University....
(CEGA, September 11th) During September 10th, CEGA director, Diego Morata, held a collaboration meeting with the Seremi of the O'Higgins Region Mr. Pedro Pablo Ogaz and with the professionals of the Corporación del Libertador O'Higgins Region Mrs. Patricia Rojas, General Manager (S) and Mr. Carlos ...
(CEGA, August 16th 2018) On August 8th the workshop "Geothermal: Heat of the Earth" was held in Arica, the first of 10 meetings scheduled to take place throughout Chile which are part of the programmed initiatives of the "Specific collaboration agreement for the development of geothermal diffusion...
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(CEGA, July 18th 2018) More than 30 actors from the public and private sphere contributed to the Geothermal Technical Board. The party of experts presented their conclusions after 18 months of work and analysis. The Andean Geothermal Centre of Excellence (CEGA) participated from the beginning contri...
(CEGA, July 17th 2018) The first version of the GEOLAC Industry Awards, which recognizes the leadership and excellence in the regional development of geothermal energy over the past 5 years, awarded the Andean Geothermal Centre of Excellence (CEGA) for the initiative of the first geothermal greenhou...
(June 28th, 20187) During the session on June 27th of the Regional Council of Aysén (CORE), our CEGA team presented a brief of the geothermal direct use projects currently in development in the region....
(June 27th, 2018) CEGA with the Energy Center of the University of Chile organized the seminar: "Geothermal energy: an alternative for Patagonia", held in Coyhaique, which covered the use of geothermal energy as an alternative for the serious pollution problem that the city suffers....
(June 22th, 2018) Jorge Crempien incoporated in June to CEGA’s research line: "Structural, Tectonic and Geophysical Geology", led by Professor José Cembrano. The academic of the Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering of the Catholic University is a specialist in seismology....
(May 8th, 2018) The project "Geothermal energy heating for an educational establishment in Coyhaique" financed by the Innovation and Competitiveness Fund (FIC) of the Regional Government of Aysén, is part of a series of initiatives for the use of geothermal energy in the region, with the aim to put...
In April, Dr. Benoît Viguier joined our CEGA team as a post-doctoral researcher, in the "Modeling and Architecture of Reservoirs" research line, led by Professor Linda Daniele. In relation to his work, he said he will focus on "the conceptual and numerical modeling of aquifers in Chile, in order t...
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(CEGA, April 26, 2018) With the imminent and progressive exit of our country's coal plants, the challenge is to replace almost 5,000 MWe contributed by thermoelectric plants today. The only local energy, clean and available 24/7 to supply this input would be geothermal, according to a study conducte...
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Geothermal energy plays a critical role in the replacement of coal (dirty and non-local) in the energy matrix. This idea was one of the critical approaches that CEGA made to the final report of the Geothermal Board report, as geothermal is the only local source capable of delivering clean and consta...
With funds from the regional government of Los Ríos, during January CEGA started the implementation of the project: "Application of direct use of geothermal energy in Los Ríos region: a technological innovation for the productive sector". Geological, geophysical and geochemical studies will be dev...
Conicyt announced the selection of Fondecyt projects from its regular and 2018 postdoctoral competition. The following CEGA researchers were awarded their proposals in the Earth Science category: Regular Fonceyt : Gloria Arancibia: "Fault-controlled permeability and fluid flow in low-porosity cryst...
(CEGA, December 12th, 2017) The Andean Geothermal Center of Excellence (CEGA) led a project funded by the Energy Access Fund of the Ministry of Energy. The initiative comprises the installation of a pioneer initiative in southern Chile: a greenhouse tempered with geothermal energy, the heat of the E...
(CEGA, November 29th, 2017) The Andean Geothermal Center of Excellence (CEGA) hosted the IGA’s board meeting (International Geothermal Association) during November 27th and 28th at the Geology Department from the University of Chile. Twenty board members participated in the activity, which include...
(CEGA, November 23th, 2017) In the framework of the activities to celebrate the 175 anniversary of the University of Chile, the work of 56 academics of the School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences was highlighted; for their contributions in research, innovation and the internationalization and...
(CEGA, November 17th, 2017) The studies of central and southern Chile, together with lab work, were presented in the second "Sobremesa" or CEGA’s internal meeting. The activity was organized at the San Joaquín Campus of the Pontificia Universidad Católica and was attended by a wide range of r...
(CEGA, October 30, 2017) With the aim of bringing geothermal energy closer to school communities located in areas of high geothermal potential in La Araucania region, CEGA along with Numies and the NGO Ruta Solar developed a two day workshop in the area. Overall, 125 students from 7th and 8th gra...
(CEGA, October 20th) CEGA obtained a grant from the Innovation Fund for Competitiveness in the region of Aysén. The project will heat the most suitable public school with geothermal energy in Coyhaique city. The aim of this project is to provide solutions to the pollution problem of one of the c...
A new study published in Nature Communications brings new insights into the formation of gold deposits The team, led by researchers from University of Chile in Santiago and collaborators from Spain, Australia and France, looked at the world’s southernmost gold province in Patagonia for clue...
The Millennium Nucleus for Metals Tracing (MNMT) along with the Andean Geothermal Centre of Excellence launched a renovation of the Geology Room of the Science and Technology Museum located at the Quinta Normal Park in Santiago. The new materials, which include an interactive display...
(CEGA, September 29th) A Fondequip project was awarded to CEGA researcher and University of Chile Geology Department academic, PhD. Claudia Cannatelli. A micro-Raman laboratory will be implemented to study fluids, glasses and materials at a microscale. The new instrument is one of the winning pro...
(CEGA, September 7th) Inspired by the volcanoes of Chile and the energy of the Earth, the work shows the geological processes that have been part of the evolution of The Andes mountain Range since its origins. What are the types of volcanic eruptions? How people are linked to the energy of the Ea...
(CEGA, August 3, 2017) The "Specific Collaboration Agreement for the Development of Geothermal Training Initiatives for Indigenous Leaders" between the Ministry of Energy and CEGA was signed in July. The agreement contemplates the execution of 6 workshops in the north and south of Chile with leaders...
PhD students Camila Pineda and Marcela Pizarro, and Master student Camila Vera participated in the IAVCEI 2017 conference held in Portland, Oregon, United States, from August 14 to 18, 2017 (link) IAVCEI is one of the most important international scientific conferences in the field of volcanology...
The Galician city of Ourense has set out to rehabilitate one of its main neighborhoods through energy efficiency and environmental care. Geothermal energy will me the main protagonist of this initiative, thanks to the natural hot springs of the area that will allow to heat about 30 public buildi...
(CEGA, July 10th ) In order to socialize the research carried out in the north of the country, the first “CEGA Table Talk" was held, which assembled more than 70 people, including CEGA researchers, postgraduate students and staff of the University of Chile and Universidad Católica. T...
(CEGA, July 5th) The initiative seeks to prepare the inmates of the Education and Work Center (CET) of Valle Verde, (Aysén Region, Patagonia) to take charge of the first geothermal greenhouse in the region, in both its technical operation and in its business model, looking forward to commercializ...
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The building "Technological Science Park" of the Catholic University of Maule (UCM) houses laboratories of different schools, on a surface is 1,000 m2. Since 2013, the air conditioning of this building has been operated with low enthalpy geothermal energy, with vertical heat exchangers, wh...
(CEGA, 12th June) Between 11th and 13th of May, the board meeting of the International Geothermal Association (IGA) was held in Germany, in which the director of CEGA, Dr. Diego Morata, participated as a board member. During the event it was announced that CEGA will host the next in Chile. "It wi...
(Cega, June 9th 2017) The first geothermal plant in South America, located in Chile, Cerro Pabellón, was inaugurated in early April. The plant is injecting more than 4 GWh into the Norte Grande Interconnected System in its first two months of operations. During April, 2.2 GWh were generated, accord...
Because geothermal energy is an energy for everyone, the Andean Geothermal Centre of Excellence (CEGA) premiered sign language in its first animated video "What is geothermal energy?", seeking to bring scientific content to an audience with hearing difficulties. (CEGA, June 7,...
Eduardo Molina will work on the characterization of the Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault zone, together with the group of CEGAS´s researchers from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Eduardo Molina holds a Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Granada (Spain) and has been living in Chile for about...
The artwork is part of Santiago’s Subway Service (Metro Santiago) strategy to enrich the community areas where the new stations of Line 3 are being constructed. "Its three walls that will show the essence of the geological processes that have been part of the evolution of The Andes mountain ran...
As an efficient, stable and transparent partner for the development of the region, Aysen Regional Government cataloged CEGA’s work in the development of the project “Estimation and Enhancement of Aysen geothermal potential”. The two-year research quantified Patagonia's underground energy poten...
Cerro Pabellón power plant changed the history of geothermal energy in our region, being the first project in this part of the continent to generate and supply electricity right from Earth´s heat. Last March 31st, Cerro Pabellón power plant, located in Ollagüe (Antofagasta region), started de...
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We started our academic year at CEGA with two interesting exchange experiences with Mexico: a participation of Sofía Vargas in the "1st Environmental, Economic and Social Symposium of Improved and Superheated Geothermal Systems" and an internship of a Mexican student Daniel Elizalde, who will be wo...
Three proposals, submitted by CEGA’s researchers, were selected by the National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (FONDECYT). Projects, led by Linda Daniele, Daniel Díaz and Francisco Suárez, will receive funds to develop studies in different places of Chile. The first proposal ...
Tomás Roquer, José Tomás Ovalle, and Christian Betancourt were among the 735 researchers who will receive funds from the National Science and Technology Commission (CONICYT) to continue their studies in Chile. After applying for the 2017 National Ph.D. Scholarship, three CEGA’s graduate stud...
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The Chilean Andes volcanism will inspire the artistic mural that will be able to see by those who walk around the Irarrázaval subway station, between General Bustamante and Matta Oriente streets. Thanks to a collaboration agreement between CEGA and Santiago Metro, a 300 m2 mural about volcanoes or...
Seeking to incorporate renewable energy into everyday life, a family decided to use Earth's temperature to heat rooms and spaces in their new home. Alonso Yáñez is a radiologist and, two years ago, he moved to a new house with his family, in Santa Rita de Pirque, 40 km from the center of Santia...
The activity is part of the actions led by the Ministry of Energy and the World Bank to promote development of geothermal energy. Last December 22nd, the “Geothermal Roundtable” was officially inaugurated. The activity aims to analyze the real situation of this resource in the country and focus...
“Julieta in Girl’s Land”, project funded by Explora CONICYT Projects for Science and Technology Popularization, was recognized as the best non-formal Science Education project by Unesco-Ciencia Joven prize 2016. “Julieta in Girl’s Land” is a set of exploration specially designed to p...
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With a live streaming conference for Chilean public schools, CEGA`s researchers Diego Morata and Martin Reich performed in "Futuristic, the world changes with you", a Ted-talk inspired conference to promote curiosity for science among children and teenagers. As a way to stimulate scientific spiri...
The inclusion of clean energies is part of the success of the Voipir Ñancul School educational project. The Voipir Ñancul School is located 8 km from Villarrica (Araucanía Region) , and it is a public school that uses geothermal energy for heating areas for 235 children, who attend classes every...
The meeting brought together different members from the energy market, who seek to promote geothermal direct use: a clean, efficient and abundant local resource. Last November 18th took place the “Low Enthalpy Geothermal Seminar”. The activity was organized by the Andean Geothermal Center of Ex...
The activity sought to promote communication among people from Araucanía, researchers and local authorities. One of the main purposes of the meeting "Volcano, Energy and Community" was approach volcanoes from different perspectives and experiences. The activity took place on November 3rd, at the V...
With the aim to promote geothermal energy in the society, CEGA`s researchers took the challenge of communicating in a friendly and interactive way. Through analog models that explain the operation of a geothermal plant, plus videos, experiments and educational materials on volcanoes and direct use ...
Seeking to study the processes that affect the geothermal systems dynamics, Carolina Muñoz will continue her research developing a long term monitoring in the geyser field of El Tatio. In order to investigate the eruption dynamics of geyser and the evolution of hydrothermal systems, the geologist ...
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The activity seeks to promote communication among people from Araucanía, researchers and local authorities. One of the main purposes of the meeting "Volcano, Energy and Community" is to approach volcanoes from different perspectives and experiences. The activity will take place on November 3rd, at...
"What hides beneath the surface of Lonquimay volcano?"; "Science and Community" and " Direct uses of geothermal energy in the area" were some of the topics discussed by researchers with the local community. Between 29 and 30 September, took place the "Second Scientific Symposium in Lonquimay: Com...
CEGA will lead a Project to install a geothermal heating system in a greenhouse at the Work-Study Center “Valle Verde” (CET), a gendarmerie institution that coachs and provides job opportunities for liberty deprived persons. The initiative is financed by the Ministry of Energy (Chile), and...
Let's use the heat of the Earth, directly Dear geothermal colleagues, Talking about geothermal energy in Chile, is synonymous of electricity generation, economic barriers and almost a hundred years of exploration without production, as only by the end of this year (or early 2017), Chile will h...
Gregory De Pascale proposal will start in November and it is part of the 288 initiatives funded this year in Chile. Gregory De Pascale, Academic of the Department of Geology at the University of Chile and CEGA´s associate researcher, won FONDECYT funds to develop his project named "Quantifying...
El 17 y 18 de noviembre se llevará a cabo el IV Seminario Iberoamericano de Energías Renovables, actividad que tiene por objetivo fomentar la participación, discusión e integración aportando nuevas ideas a la realidad actual y futura del sector energético regional y mundial reconociendo la imp...
The Explora CONICYT project was led by a group of scientists and communicators of the University of Chile who created an exploration kit to promote girls’ interest for science A field trip with students from Nonguén (Biobío Region), and a ceremony at the Faculty of Physical and Mathematical S...
High seismicity in uneforeseen areas and a fault system moving in directions never seen before, are some of the data produced by a geological research that measured for 16 months in depth activity of the north Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault System. Its a study never carried out before in Chile: the install...
Saskia Roels (Holland) and Santiago Maza (Argentina) joined our team of professionals that each year integrates new members in order to contribute to the study and knowledge of Andean geothermal systems. Chile keeps drawing the attention of foreign researchers seeking to promote geothermal energy...
The IGA convenes specialists from several countries and centralizes all that is to see on issues of dissemination, training and research of geothermal resources around the world. Diego Morata, director of the Andean Geothermal Center of Excellence (CEGA) and faculty of Geology Department of the U...
Facilitate exchange between CEGA’s researchers and the Geothermal Institute of The University of Auckland was the central purpose of this initiative that, since 2014, strengthens the network of cooperation between Chile and New Zealand, seeking to incorporate learning from one of the countries wit...
After defending his thesis on geological storage of CO2 and its possible use in geothermal, Juvenal Letelier will specialize in reservoir modeling at the Geothermal Institute of the University of Auckland. The protests against HidroAysén on 2011 – a hydroelectricity project plant in Patagonia ...
In a new talk organized by CEGA, the specialist in environmental law, Miguel Saldivia, reviewed the main difficulties and the legal voids on the Chilean geothermal energy concessions law, which in many aspects presents huge similarities with the mining law, except in the details that bring clarity i...
Dear geotermal colleagues, This 2016 we begin our second period of five years funded by CONICYT Fondap Program. As a research centre we have a huge challenge ahead: continue doing high-level research and captivate the interest of dozens of undergraduate and graduate students for deepening into ...
The Project “Julieta in Girl’s Land” gave away for free more than 600 exploration sets, looking forward to contribute to reduce the gender gap in science. This project is aimed for girls from 7 to 11 years, and seeks to encourage their interest in science through play, observation, recordin...
From applied sciences, Felipe Flores’ mechanical engineering thesis project sought to evaluate the energy performance of the first southamerican geothermal power plant Felipe was always interested in learning about non-conventional renewable energies and when the time to define his thesis proje...
Cerca de 30 alumnas de la Escuela Básica El Manzano fueron las primeras en conocer el kit de terreno que regala “Julieta en la tierra de las Niñas”, proyecto Explora CONICYT que busca estimular el interés por la ciencia a través del juego y la observación del entorno. Santiago.- El vier...
Durante las últimas semanas, la prensa económica ha reportado antiguas noticias sobre el cierre de empresas de geotermia. Los inversionistas responsabilizan al difícil acceso del recurso, la falta de apoyo del Estado y últimamente al precio de la energía. Pocos han asumido que si bien el recu...
The Andean Geothermal Center of Excellence (CEGA) at the Department of Geology, Universidad de Chile, invites applications for a Postdoctoral position in Hydrogeology (numerical modeling, reactive transport models and geothermal reservoirs simulations). The successful candidate will be expected t...
The Patagonian community had a positive response to the preliminary results of a study conducted by CEGA, which seeks to harness the heat from the ground in the region with applications ranging from power generation to heating homes to mitigate the high levels of pollution in the region, with an ene...
La ejecución del plan de continuidad, que extiende las operaciones del Centro de Excelencia en Geotermia de Los Andes por cinco años más, enfocará sus esfuerzos en la investigación y promoción de la geotermia de baja entalpía, donde se aprovecha el calor de la tierra directamente en uso...
Las principales actividades de investigación desarrolladas por el CEGA durante su primer período se enfocaron en la caracterización de los recursos geotermales, la comprensión de los controles magmáticos y estructurales que hacen o no viables este tipo de recursos energéticos, la identificaci...
En 2009, cuando se postuló la creación del CEGA al programa Fondap con el fin de mejorar y aumentar el conocimiento científico sobre la geotermia en Chile, el potencial geotermal del país se consideraba la más grande reserva no explotada del mundo y varias empresas apostaban a ser las primeras ...
Por su actividad investigativa pionera en la geotermia en Chile, la formación de especialistas y promoción del avance de esta energía renovable en el país, el Geothermal Resources Council reconoció al académico del Departamento de Geología de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas de...
Un grupo multidisciplinario de expositores en las áreas de historia, ecología y geología se reunieron para conversar con la comunidad de Lonquimay sobre las investigaciones que se han realizado en la zona durante los últimos años. Los vecinos de Lonquimay están acostumbrados al tránsito co...
Geólogas, Climatólogas, Ingenieras, Biólogas y profesionales de las comunicaciones comenzaron con la ejecución del proyecto Explora CONICYT: «Julieta en la Tierra de las Niñas» que busca despertar la curiosidad científica en niñas de 7 a 11 años a través del juego y la observación en ter...
The initiative, organized by various research centers from the University of Chile, aimed to provide basic tools to work constructively with the media and prepare science outreach projects for non-expert audiences. The Fondap Centres (CR)2 and CEGA, along with the Millenium Nucleus of Paleocli...
Professor Alfredo Lahsen, CEGA researcher and academic at the Geology Department of Universidad de Chile, will receive the Pioneer Award from the Geothermal Resources Council. The Geothermal Resources Council, an organization that promotes research and development of geothermal resources worldwid...
Pablo Sanchez was awarded with the PhD degree after defending a thesis that studies how chemical and structural processes are linked to the formation of geothermal systems and gold precipitation. Earthquakes and volcanoes are two distinctive geological features of Chile. Normally these concepts a...
El World Geothermal Congress se realiza cada cinco años, y reúne a todos los actores que participan en el desarrollo de la energía geotérmica en el mundo, desde la ciencia básica, hasta la industria. Las últimas cifras entregadas durante el evento revelan un crecimiento del 16% en la generac...
The UNAM Geophysics Institute (Mexico) and CEGA initiated a program of scientific and academic cooperation to promote joint work on understanding volcanological phenomena related to geothermal energy. About the project, Diego Morata, CEGA Director states: "We want to have close connections with the ...
During 2012 and 2013, CEGA in a joint venture with the Geology Department (University of Chile) developed a project commissioned by the Ministry of Energy to assess the geopthermal potential of highly demanding energy zones: Santiago and Talca. The paper "Estimating low-enthalpy geothermal energy po...
Since the beginning of January (2015) until the end of the month, a CEGA research team will be conducting recognition, analysis and sampling of different existing thermal manifestations in the region. A researchers team and students from CEGA is executing the first field tasks in Coyhaique, Aysen...
CEGA was awarded with funding to create a cooperation research program in geothermalwith New Zealand
The International Cooperation Program from Conicyt awarded CEGA a funding to promote a research alliance with the Geothermal Institute from the University of Auckland. The initiative aims to develop an exchange program between researcher from CEGA and the Geothermal Institute (NZ), develop specif...
The work brings together 18 authors (geologists, anthropologists, journalists) and over 20 artists in a book that covers 15 geothermal areas of Chile (volcanoes, hot springs, geysers and more) telling how these natural events were formed and how our people have been linked with these sites. "La T...
Ciencia, cultura, ilustración y fotografía se funden en libro sobre el patrimonio más caliente de Chile La obra reúne a 18 autores (geólogos, antropólogos, periodistas) y más de 20 artistas en un libro que recorre 15 zonas geotermales de Chile (volcanes, termas, géiseres y más) relatando...
Como parte de su trabajo recientemente publicado en el Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, "Fall velocity of multi-shaped clasts", el Dr. Le Roux entrega la herramienta que puede descargarse del siguiente link: http://goo.gl/TMRX6x "Fall velocity of multi-shaped clasts" - Journal of V...
Esta es la cuarta saga de los videos de animacion del CEGA que exploran diversos temas de la energia geotérmica. ¿Como podemos prender una ampolleta con el calor del suelo? es la pregunta que responde el nuevo video de animación que estreno el Centro Fondap Conicyt de Excelencia en Geotermia d...
The Mining Ministerial Secretariat (Seremi) of Aysen Region in conjunction with the Andean Geothermal Centre of Excellence (CEGA) will develope a research project to estimate the geothermal resources of the Patagonian region, becoming the first area of the country to have an evaluation of this renew...
Los investigadores del Centro, Dr.Martin Reich y Dr.Gonzalo Yañez , se adjudicaron recientemente dos proyectos en el III Concurso de Equipamiento Científico Tecnológico Mediano (Fondequip) de Conicyt. El primero, para la investigación en inclusiones fluidas y vítreas a través de microtermometr...
El investigador del CEGA y académico del Departamento de Geología ya forma parte del comité editorial de la revista ISI más influyente a nivel mundial en yacimientos minerales. “Esta publicación tiene más de 100 años de historia, y tiene mucha circulación no solo en el ámbito científico,...
La degustación “Verde que te quiero vino” reunió a las viñas adheridas al Programa Vino, Cambio Climático y Biodiversidad junto al primer viñedo chileno en incorporar la energía geotérmica en su proceso productivo. El evento se propuso dar a conocer a los consumidores los beneficios ecol...
El Instituto Nacional de Eficiencia Energética y Energías Renovables de Ecuador (INER) selló una alianza estratégica con el CEGA mediante un convenio de cooperación interinstitucional que busca mantener a ambos organismos a la vanguardia tecnológica para los retos energéticos del futuro en la...
El sitio Piensa en Geotermia realizó un podcast donde junto a cinco profesionales del sector geotérmico se analizan las implicancias de la nueva aganda energética en el desarrollo de la industria geotérmica nacional. La presentación incluye una entrevista con el Dr. Diego Morata, Director del C...
Durante una semana, representantes de organismos públicos de América Latina se reunieron para fortalecer capacidades en torno a aspectos técnicos, ambientales y estudio de casos de proyectos geotérmicos. En paralelo, también se realizó un curso corto en modelamiento de reservorios. Las activid...
President Michelle Bachelet presented the seven guiding points that will guide the government's energy strategy for the next four years, with an emphasis on strengthening the role of the state, sustainability and the electrical connection. Over the past month, the Ministry of Energy assembled aca...
La actividad, a la cual solo se accede por invitación, reunió a 60 profesionales de América Latina y el Caribe en El Salvador. Este es el tercer año consecutivo que el CEGA participa en este evento, que en cada versión cubre un aspecto distinto de la industria. La sexta versión de los curso...
El profesor Juan A. Asenjo, presidente de la Academia Chilena de Ciencias anunció en sesión pública, la incorporación del doctor Miguel Ángel Parada Reyes, como nuevo Miembro Correspondiente de esta prestigiosa institución. El discurso de presentación estuvo a cargo del profesor Francisco Her...
CEGA Director, Dr. Diego Morata was part of the team who prepared the document "Linking Energy Ministry - University of Chile", which contains proposals to advance the development of the national energy plan from different disciplines, and that includes strengthening of geothermal energy as part of ...
A team led by José Cembrano is installing broadband and short period seismic stations at the extreme north Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault System, in order to decrypt its seismotectonic nature and its implications with geothermal resources and seismic hazard in the area. How are seismicity, faults in the e...
This summer, Lucy McGee and Mathieu Leisen traveled to Australia and France respectively, to experiment with new analytical techniques in order to give an original approach to the determination of geothermal parameters such as U-Th dating on calcites and pH in fluid inclusions. Establecer lazos i...
La Universidad de El Salvador en conjunto con la empresa La Geo y el Consejo Nacional de Energía de ese país abrieron el proceso de convocatoria para la cuarta versión de su Diplomado de Especialización en Geotermia. El curso, que comenzará el 2 de junio y finalizará la segunda semana de novie...
Conicyt inició su período de postulaciones para las Becas de Doctorado en Chile para extranjeros sin permanencia definitiva en Chile. El concurso para postulaciones en línea estará abierto hasta 20 de marzo de 2014 a las 13.00 hrs. Más informaciones acá. El Centro de Excelencia en Geotermia...
El artículo “Climate change and tectonic uplift triggered the formation of the Atacama Desert’s giant nitrate deposits” (Pérez-Fodich, A. et al., 2014) originalmente publicado en la edición de marzo de la revista Geology, fue promovido en la sección ScienceShots del portal de noticias de...
A combination of theory, experimentation and fieldwork comprised the schedule of activities of the course attended by eighth graders from different parts of the country, with a strong female presence. Entre el 6 y el 10 de enero pasados se realizó la segunda versión del curso en Geología &...
En la tercera entrega de videos educativos del Centro de Excelencia en Geotermia de Los Andes abordamos los mitos más comunes que se tejen en torno a la producción de energía geotérmica en Chile. El material audiovisual puede usarse y compartirse libremente, para solicitar una copia del archivo ...
If nowadays the Ministry of Energy is evaluating the creation of a financial tool for supporting the geothermal industry it is all thanks to the sun. The original plan of the government was to promote solar energy by creating a large-scale plant with support from the Clean Technology Fund (CTF), but...
El evento GeoPower Latin America convocó a representantes de los mercados más importantes de la región durante el 13 y 14 de noviembre en Santiago. Estrategias de desarrollo, análisis de casos, gestión de riesgo, evaluación de viabilidad y nuevas tecnologías fueron algunos de los temas que...
Geothermal Energy is a peer-reviewed fully open access journal published under the SpringerOpen brand, it incorporated CEGA's dorector, Dr. Diego Morata, as the sole representative of a Latin American institution in the editorial board. Among its attractions, the new publication stands out as an ...
Young researchers from Spain, France and the U.K joined the center to study different geothermal areas of the country and develop new research methodologies. The particular Andean geothermal context, unique and unexplored, is a growing attraction for national and international research. This, tog...
CEGA se hace presente en la Fiesta de la Ciencia que se realiza en Parque Quinta Normal con un stand de actividades interactivas. Niños, niñas y jóvenes de todos los niveles llegaron hasta el Parque Quinta Normal para disfrutar de las lúdicas actividades, experimentos e interesantes investiga...
Mass Spectrometer Multicollector Induction Plasma and Laser Ablation System started operations, getting the first U-Pb ages of zircons in the country. This instrument, unique in Chile, was acquired by CEGA and is housed at the Department of Geology at the Universidad de Chile, which positions this a...
Viña Maquis lives up to the metaphor: if we say that the wine is the blood of the earth, it makes sense that this blood flow with the same warmth of the earth. With an innovation project which was made possible through the co-financing of the Foundation for Agrarian Innovation (FIA) of the Ministry...
CEGA recently signed a Cooperation Agreement with the German company GTN Neubrandenburg GmbH. GTN is the beneficiary of SDR PPP project (Public Private Partnership Deutsche Investitions-und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH) called "Using the geothermal potential in Chile for environmentally friendly pro...
The Professor from the Geology Department at the Universidad de Chile and CEGA Researcher Alfredo Lahsen was chosen as part of the Board of the International Geothermal Association (IGA), an organization with over 5000 members in 65 countries that promotes research, development and utilization of ge...
The geothermal potential figures that are handled today in Chile range from 3,350 MW (ENAP) to 16,000 MW (Lahsen, 1988), which could represent 91% of the current installed capacity of the country's energy matrix. So far, this auspicious figure has not been updated, and therefore, PhD, masters and un...
Wellness for the host and the environment Three years ago the Hotel Termas de Puyehue developed a geothermal energy project that allowed them to take advantage of the hot springs for room heating and hot water, reducing fossil fuel consumption by 75% from 2010 to date. The executive director of...
Researchers and graduate students from CEGA participated in the American Geophysical Union conference (AGU) in Cancun, exposing their research advances both in lectures and posters. The event brought together scientists, educators and students of the earth sciences and the atmosphere and space, betw...
Juvenal Letelier, estudiante de doctorado en Ciencias de la Ingeniería, está realizando una investigación multidisciplinaria donde confluye la experimentación física, la geotermia y la modelación matemática. Su objetivo es estudiar cómo podría aplicarse el CO2 como futura alternativa para l...
Se trata del artículo "Pyrite as a record of hydrothermal fluid evolution in a porphyry copper system: A SIMS/EMPA trace element study" (Martin Reich | Artur Deditius | Stephen Chryssoulis | Jian-Wei Li | Chan-Qiang Ma | Miguel Angel Parada | Fernando Barra | Florian Mittermayr. 2013), que en los ...
The event organized in conjunction with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) called for exhibitors from the political, business, legislative, indigenous and academic field to discuss the root causes that have slowed the development of geothermal energy in Chile and how to move towards effec...
El Geothermal Institute de la Universidad de Auckland tiene más de 30 años de experiencia en investigación y educación en geotermia. Cuenta con programas de diplomado, magister y doctorado, los cuales pueden ser financiados mediantes becas otorgadas por el gobierno neocelandés y su programa NZ ...
Con la presencia de representantes de empresas energéticas y de la academia, se desarrolló en la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas de la Universidad de Chile un seminario sobre geotermia que busca establecer lazos de colaboración entre instituciones chilenas e italianas para promover e...
El pasado noviembre (y parte de diciembre), el Dr.Patrick Dobson del Earth Science Division de Berkeley Lab viajó a Chile en su calidad de Especialista Fulbright, en asociación con el Centro de Excelencia en Geotermia de Los Andes para explorar oportunidades de investigación para la geotermia en ...
El periodo de inscripciones para el II Congreso Internacional de Geotermia, ACHEGEO 2013, será a aprtir del 16 de enero del presente año. Todos quienes deseen participar de esta iniciativa, considerada como el evento más importante en el ámbito de la energía geotérmica de nuestro país, podr...
Con una salida a terreno de dos días, el curso liderado por el Director del Departamento de Geología, Dr. Gabriel Vargas, rompió el esquema tradicional de clases de la Escuela de Verano (EdV), que este año cumple ya 24 temporadas. El programa en Geología y Geotermia, que fue patrocinado po...
Dos ciclistas están pedaleando para cruzar Chile de norte a sur promoviendo las Energías Renovables no Convencionales. Se trata de Ricardo Schlatter, estudiante de Ingeniería Civil Química de la FCFM y Nicolás Mora, egresado de Ing. Comercial de la PUC. Juntos partirán en Perú y terminarán e...
El curso, que se llevará a cabo entre el 24 de febrero y el 2 de marzo del 2013 en El Salvador, será dictado por el Programa de Entrenamiento en Geotermia de la Universidad de las Naciones Unidas (UNU-GTP) el cual abrió 5 vacantes especialmente para Chile. Este curso está destinado a aproxima...
Durante noviembre de 2012 el CEGA realizará dos cursos de postgrado, los que serán dictados por expertos españoles: Geoquímica de procesos hidrotermales (6-8 noviembre) a cargo del Dr. Fernando Tornos, Centro de Astrobiologia, CSIC-INTA y el curso Mienralogía de Arcillas (12 al 14 noviembre) de...
En el siguiente video, desarrollado por el CEGA, se explica cómo funciona la geotermia de baja temperatura y el impacto que su uso tendría para nuestro país. La geotermia es una fuente energética limpia y renovable con la que se puede generar electricidad, y además, aplicar en una serie ...
1 Nombre del Cargo: Químico 2 Departamento/Organismo: Departamento de Geología – Proyecto CEGA 3 Grado: 12 4 Calidad Jurídica: Contrata 5 Jornada: Completa 6 Jefe al que reporta: Director Centro de Excelencia en Geotermia de Los Andes (CEGA) III.- OBJETIVOS y FUNCIONES DEL CARGO Obje...
Durante octubre el CEGA se ha avocado a participar en una serie de iniciativas para difundir la geotermia entre los chilenos. Los geólogos preguntan “¿Dónde encontramos el calor de la Tierra?” y los niños a coro responden "¡en los volcaneeees!". El diálogo era el punto de partida para a...
GeoGlobal Energy Chile consolida pozo geotérmico con mayor potencial energético de Sudamérica La primera fase de la prueba de flujo de los pozos profundos realizada en el volcán Tolhuaca, Región de la Araucanía, es un acontecimiento de la energía geotérmica en Chile y Sudamérica, ya que ...
Andy Reed, estudiante de magister de International Development de la University de Pittsburgh, presentó los resultados preliminares de una investigación que busca identificar las principales barreras al desarrollo de la generación eléctrica geotérmica en nuestro país. Reed ha realizado entrevi...
La presentación realizada por el Dr. Jordi Guimerà (CEO Amphos 21) titulada "Flujo de Agua y transporte de calor en acuíferos: desarrollo y aplicaciones de baja temperatura" que dictó el pasado miércoles 01 de agosto está disponible para descarga en el siguiente link: Descargar...
22 días en terreno de alta montaña, 15 personas participando, más de cuatro meses de planificación, cinco empresas prestando apoyo, tres universidades involucradas, dos estudiantes de magíster liderando y dos territorios bajo escrutinio: Juncalito, un campo geotermal activo, y La Copia, un ca...
El Dr. José Miguel Aguilera junto a una comitiva de autoridades de Conicyt se reunió con el Comité Científico del CEGA para analizar el primer año de funcionamiento de este Centro Fondap, conocer los nuevos equipos de laboratorio y evaluar los desafíos que se han planteado para el futuro. ...
Una comitiva de estudiantes de la Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC) visitó el CEGA este lunes para aprender sobre los recursos geotermales de Chile. El grupo de 14 estudiantes de pre y postgrado visitó Chile en el marco de un viaje geológico para conocer los principales tipos de dep...
La Dr. Bridget Lynne y el Ingeniero Garry Smith, ambos del Institute of Earth Science and Engineering de la University of Auckland (Nueva Zelanda) estarán a cargo del nuevo curso de postgrado que ofrecerá el CEGA El curso "Depósitos de silica sinters en sistemas geotermales" se realizará entr...
Ministerio de Energía y CEGA inician proyecto para evaluar potencial geotérmico en la cuenca de Santiago y Talca La alianza pretende generar un alto impacto en las soluciones energéticas de las áreas urbanas,industriales y rurales de las zonas involucradas, transformándose en el primer inten...
En septiembre de este año, el Dr. Valiya Hamza junto a un equipo de científicos del Departamento de Geofísica del Observatorio Nacional Brasileño dieron a conocer el descubrimiento de un río de 6.000 kilómetros de largo que corre bajo el Amazonas. El caudal se bautizó como Río Hamza en hon...
TheMulticollector-Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer with laser ablation system (LA-MC-ICP-MS) acquired by CEGA will allow to gather relevant scientific information on various geological processes. This instrument represents a unique technology in Chile, positioning the Centre to the foref...
The researcher from the Andean Geothermal Centre of Excellencefrom the University of Chile is a pioneer in the investigation of geothermal resources in the country. He has over 40 years of experience in education, training of specialists and promotion of the advancements of geothermal energy in Chil...
Through this video prepared by CEGA we invite you to learn more about this clean energy resource, which is very abundant in our country. ...
A group of 30 students from Grace College School (Pedro Aguirre Cerda) went to Cajón del Maipo with researchers from CEGA in order to learn how to identify the main geological features of the area. ¿Qué diferencia a un paseo de una salida a terreno? Principalmente, que además de disfrutar del...
Lee el artículo que el CEGA preparó sobre los volcanes de Chile para Beauchef Magazine, la nueva revista de divulgación científica de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas de la Universidad de Chile. Puedes revisar el reportaje infoagráfico acá....
El Programa de Asistencia del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Nueva Zelandia, en colaboración con el Instituto Geotérmico de la Facultad de Ingeniería de la Universidad de Auckland, ofrecerá becas para estudios de energía geotérmica para profesionales chilenos. Los programas de estud...
With a field trip to explore our earth's crust, CEGA will join to the series of activities organized by Explora Conicyt in this XVII version of the National Science and Technology Week, which will start next October 3rd. Con una salida a terreno para explorar nuestra corteza terrestre, el CEGA se...
Professor Julie Rowland, from the Unievrsity of Auckland, gave the first post graduate course at CEGA, a three-days session where about 60 people attended. Integrantes de la industria, investigadores y estudiantes coparon las inscripciones para el curso"Structural Controls in Geothermal Systems",...
Qué es la geotermia, cuáles son los recursos geotermales y cómo es la anatomía del campo geotérmico de El Tatio, fueron los temas que Andrés Pavez, investigador asociado del Centro de Excelencia en Geotermia de Los Andes (CEGA), desarrolló ante la asociación de guías turísticos de San Pedr...
The activity took place between the 16 and 18 of August. Representatives from Mexico, Argentina and Chile gathered to share experiences and define actions that aim to strengthen geothermal development in the region. The central goal of the meeting was to set focus on South America as the only part ...
In this area of Los Lagos Region, subsoil temperature is used for heating the building of a primary health care center which receives about 2000 people monthly. The Family Health Center of Calbuco, at the south of Chile, is a project that cares for energy efficiency. Since its opening in 2012, it...
For the first time CEGA will host researchers from Mexico and Argentina in order to strengthen the exchange and cooperation network with Latin American countries that have consolidated or are looking forward to advance in the local geothermal development from the academic arena. The “First La...
Cuando en abril de 2008 la Escuela Rural Linares de Casma (Región de Los Lagos) ardió hasta los cimientos, era difícil imaginar que el nuevo edificio que se levantaría sobre sus cenizas sería tan distinto de su predecesor. De ser un establecimiento construido mayoritariamente en madera, con fre...
