The objectives are: recommend planning tools for systems infrastructure characterized by high variability and uncertainty levels; suggest new auxiliary service schemes either for frequency and voltage regulation as well as for the massive integration of storage systems; recommend suitable market designs to fit with different scale levels, and recommend public policies that boost the energy exchange in South America.

Researchers

Main researchers

  • Claudia Rahmann (UCH), director of SERC Chile
  • Rodrigo Palma (UCH)

Associate researchers

  • Rodrigo Escobar (PUC)
  • Alvaro Lorca (PUC)
  • Francisco Muñoz (another institution)
  • Daniel Olivares (UAI)
  • Hugh Rudnick (PUC)

Postdoctoral researchers

  • Salah Kamel (UCH)

Assistant researchers

  • Sebastián Oliva (UTEM)