Revisa aqu\u00ed el listado completo de los proyectos de uso de geotermia somera<\/a>.<\/p>\nEn comparaci\u00f3n a los inicios del CEGA, \u00bfc\u00f3mo se encuentra posicionada hoy la geotermia en el pa\u00eds?<\/strong><\/p>\nCuando el CEGA se gest\u00f3, cerca de 2010, en Chile se viv\u00eda un aut\u00e9ntico boom de exploraci\u00f3n en geotermia. Eran varias las empresas que desarrollaban exploraci\u00f3n de sistemas geotermales de alta temperatura a lo largo del pa\u00eds, fundamentalmente en la Cordillera de los Andes.<\/em><\/p>\nSin embargo, lo que en principio se ve\u00eda como una gran oportunidad, se fue diluyendo de a poco, dado que las empresas fueron saliendo del pa\u00eds. Hoy, pese a tener la primera planta de generaci\u00f3n de electricidad con geotermia en Chile (Cerro Pabell\u00f3n), solo Geot\u00e9rmica del Norte (Joint Venture entre Enel Green Power y ENAP) y Transmark se mantienen en el pa\u00eds.<\/em><\/p>\nEl concepto del uso directo de la geotermia se ha instalado, incluso, en la agenda pol\u00edtica. Pero no puedo negar que me hubiese gustado un mayor desarrollo de la geotermia en Chile. Se ha demostrado que hay recursos y un potencial interesante, que incluso se podr\u00edan instalar entre 1000 y 2000 MWe a 2050. No obstante, la realidad es que ese hito parece muy lejos de poder concretarse. La poca planificaci\u00f3n en pol\u00edtica energ\u00e9tica vuelve a opacar el \u00edmpetu con el que se trabaj\u00f3 en exploraci\u00f3n geot\u00e9rmica en los primeros a\u00f1os de este siglo XXI. <\/em><\/p>\nEn cualquier caso, podemos decir que estuvimos presentes en la inauguraci\u00f3n de Cerro Pabell\u00f3n; que hoy trabajamos en proyectos de alta y baja entalp\u00eda y que la colaboraci\u00f3n con las dos empresas que se mantienen en Chile es excelente. Conf\u00edo en que el plan de descarbonizaci\u00f3n de nuestra matriz energ\u00e9tica sea realmente el aliciente necesario para una mayor y mejor masificaci\u00f3n de la geotermia en nuestro pa\u00eds.<\/em>[:en]<\/p>\n\n- 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.<\/span><\/li>\n
- CEGA’s director, Diego Morata, pointed out that “it has been demonstrated that there are resources and an interesting geothermal potential in Chile, so I cannot deny that I would have liked to see greater development of this energy in the country”.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
In the first half of 2011, the Andean Geothermal Center of Excellence (CEGA) began operations. More than a decade has passed since the resources were awarded by the Funding Fund for Research Centers in Priority Areas (Fondap), which at that time operated under the auspices of the National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (Conicyt) and today operates under the National Agency for Research and Development (ANID).<\/span><\/p>\nIn this decade, CEGA has carried out a series of studies of geothermal potential in different parts of the country and collaborated in various national and international instances related to geothermal energy and the environment, where five main lines of research were developed: Heat sources; Fluid and isotopic geochemistry; Heat-fluid-rock interaction; Structural geology, tectonics and geophysics; and Modeling and architecture of reservoirs.<\/span><\/p>\n“These lines of research have shown a different way of doing science, involving diverse disciplines, including hard sciences and social sciences, in addition to having a great capacity to disseminate the work done to society. Undoubtedly, I feel very proud of the work done, and even more so of the human team that we managed to generate”, said CEGA’s director, Diego Morata.<\/span><\/p>\nMorata pointed out that, in the years of financing the Center, it was possible to consolidate a human group of excellence, demonstrate that inter, multi- and trans-discipline is possible, analytically equip the Department of Geology (DGL) and train a dozen undergraduate and graduate students. “We have achieved national and international recognition. We managed to demonstrate that, with science of excellence, it is possible to generate improvements in the quality of life of people and that geothermal energy is a reality in our country. This energy must have a greater and better projection in the immediate future,” said the academic.<\/span><\/p>\n“However, with the termination of ANID funding, our economic capital is considerably reduced. This does not mean that CEGA will not continue to operate in the coming years. Thanks to the regional FIC projects and the recently awarded Anillo, CEGA will be able to continue its research, development and innovation (R&D&I) activities until at least 2025”.<\/p>\n
Shallow geothermal energy projects<\/b><\/p>\n
Nine initiatives are currently being carried out by CEGA in different regions of the country. Seven of them are financed by the Innovation Funds for Competitiveness (FIC-R) of the regional governments, while two are under the auspices of the Ministry of Energy.<\/span><\/p>\nArica and Parinacota, Tarapac\u00e1, Antofagasta, \u00d1uble, La Araucan\u00eda, Los R\u00edos and Ays\u00e9n are the regions where CEGA is developing different initiatives for the use of shallow geothermal energy for the air conditioning of spaces, such as schools, health centers and greenhouses.<\/span><\/p>\nThis is in addition to nine completed projects that have been developed between 2015 and 2022. “Although we will not have the financial backing of the Fondap program, the perseverance and ambition of CEGA’s human team, particularly the one working on low-temperature systems and direct use, will allow us to continue working on shallow geothermal energy and continue positioning our Center, both nationally and internationally,” explained Morata.<\/span><\/p>\nCheck here the complete list of shallow geothermal projects in operation<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\nCompared to the beginnings of CEGA, how is geothermal energy positioned in the country?<\/b><\/p>\n
When CEGA was created, around 2010, Chile was experiencing a real geothermal exploration boom. There were several companies developing exploration of high temperature geothermal systems throughout the country, mainly in the Andes Mountains.<\/span><\/p>\nHowever, what at the beginning was seen as a great opportunity, was diluted little by little, since the companies were leaving the country. Today, despite having the first geothermal electricity generation plant in Chile (Cerro Pabell\u00f3n), only Geot\u00e9rmica del Norte (a joint venture between Enel Green Power and ENAP) and Transmark remain in the country.<\/span><\/p>\nIn any case, we can say that we were present at the inauguration of Cerro Pabell\u00f3n; that today we are working on high and low enthalpy projects; that the collaboration with the two companies that remain in Chile is excellent; and that the concept of the direct use of geothermal energy has even been placed on the political agenda.<\/span><\/p>\nBut I cannot deny that I would have liked a greater development of geothermal energy in Chile. It has been demonstrated that there are resources and an interesting potential that could even be installed between 1000 and 2000 MWe by 2050. However, the reality is that this milestone seems very far from being achieved. The lack of planning in energy policy once again overshadows the impetus with which geothermal exploration was carried out in the early years of the 21st century. I trust that the plan to decarbonize our energy matrix will really be the necessary incentive for a greater and better massification of geothermal energy in our country.<\/span>[:]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[:es] Luego de 12 a\u00f1os de funcionamiento, el CEGA dejar\u00e1 de recibir el financiamiento basal por parte de ANID. Diego Morata, director del centro de investigaci\u00f3n, apunt\u00f3 que \u201cConf\u00edo en que el plan de descarbonizaci\u00f3n de nuestra matriz energ\u00e9tica sea realmente el aliciente necesario para una mayor y mejor masificaci\u00f3n de la geotermia en nuestro […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5299,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entrevistas","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cega-uchile.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cega-uchile.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cega-uchile.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cega-uchile.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cega-uchile.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cega-uchile.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5297\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cega-uchile.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cega-uchile.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cega-uchile.cl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}