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FRAUNHOFER Chile Research Foundation
Center for Solar Energy Technologies CSET
R&D for solar technologies in Chile
Dr. Andreas Häberle
Centro de Innovación Universidad Católica
Anacleto Angelini
28.05.2015
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Solar Energy in Chile
enormous potential – high challenges
 Up to approx. 3.400 kWh/m² direct normal
irradiation per year, more than any other
place in the world
 North of Chile has the technical potential to
supply all of Chile with clean solar electricity +
even export electricity to neighboring
countries
 Challenges: high UV, high temperature
gradients, dust, salts, water scarcity,…
 Grid integration: Electricity storage and
transport technologies will be important
 R&D on „high radiation solar“
 opportunity for Chile
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Fraunhofer Chile Research (FCR) Foundation
Center for Solar Energy Technologies (CSET)
 Center of Excellence, co-funded by CORFO
 Executing Partners:
Fraunhofer ISE, Germany,
Universidad Católica de Chile
 Co-operation with all other Solar Institutes
and Initiatives in Chile (e.g. SERC)
 Applied R&D and Consulting Services
1. Solar Electricity
2. Solar Heat
3. Water Treatment
 Test of “high radiation solar” technologies
 Plataforma Solar del Desierto de Atacama (PSDA)
 Quality Assurance
 Standards and Certification
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Research Line 1 - Solar Electricity
 Photovoltaics and Concentrator
Photovoltaics (PV & CPV)
 Concentrated Solar Thermal Power
(CSP)
 Electrical Grid and systems analysis
Our Services:
Testing, Monitoring,
Simulation, Certification
at the PSDA, in Situ and in the office +
labs in Santiago
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Ongoing projects: Solar resource assessment
 Operation of state of the art
meteo-stations
 Scientific analysis of ground based
measurements
 Generation of time series based on
satellite data
prerequisite for any project development
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Research Line 2 - Solar Heat
big potential for industrial applications
 Solar Process Heat
 Combined Heat and Power
 Energy Efficiency Measures
Our Services:
Feasibility studies,
Simulation, Certification,
support of new business models
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Ongoing projects: Solar Heating Application in Central/South
Chile (Curico)
Winery Miguel Torres
Polygeneration system,
installed in a Winery
 Production of Cold & Heat for
Wine Fermentation Process
 Hybrid system:
Biomass + Solar collectors
 Pilot project in operation:
80 m2 collector surface
Source: Viña Miguel Torres / Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Santiago
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Research Line 3 - Water Treatment
 Membrane Distillation
 PV driven Reverse Osmosis
 Water cleaning
(filtering, detoxification, disinfection)
Our Services:
Feasibility studies,
Prototype development,
demonstration projects
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Fraunhofer Chile Research Foundation –
Center for Solar Energy Technologies CSET
Contact
Dr. Andreas Häberle
[email protected]
www.fraunhofer.cl
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