Newsletter ACERA - Mayo 2022

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Outstanding Event
ACERA presents complete Zero Emissions
Trajectory study exclusively for its
associates
In an event to relaunch the Report, which was launched in
October 2021, the main messages and pending challenges to
achieve the goals of de-fossilization of the electricity generation
sector were analyzed.
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Last Wednesday, June 1, the Renewable Energy and Storage Association (ACERA A.G.),
held a new version of its internal activity "Coffee with ACERA", to officially and exclusively
present the study to its member companies, "Analysis and Proposal of a Reference
Route to Achieve Zero Emissions in the Electric Power Generation Sector in Chile",
with the purpose of knowing the different implications and possible trajectories to
achieve a zero emissions matrix by a date prior to 2050.
ACERA commissioned this study with the objective of identifying the main enabling and
conditioning elements for the closure of coal-fired thermoelectric power plants to
materialize in a term that does not affect the security of the National Electric System,
determining the best trajectory to achieve this transition, under the analysis of three
scenarios: 2025, 2030 and 2040.
"This complete analysis proposes to the country and its authorities a reference route from
a technical, economic, environmental and social point of view, which considers compliance
with technical safety and quality of service standards, and also allows taking on the
challenges imposed by Chile's NDC", commented Darío Morales, director of studies of
the Association.
For her part, its executive director, Ana Lía Rojas, reiterated that the necessary diagnoses
for the de-fossilization scenarios to occur, in due time and form, had already been made.
"But what has not been elaborated is the assignment of responsibilities and tasks of the
agents so that the appropriate enabling, regulatory, technical and social conditions exist.
If this is not done, the technologies needed to reach the goal, such as more concentrated
solar power or geothermal plants, will not be built," warned Rojas.
The study was led by SPEC in collaboration with specialists from the Institute of Complex
Engineering Systems (ISCI) of the University of Chile, the Federico Santa María Technical
University and the international support of renowned academics from Imperial College
London.