Papers

Conferencias

Año Título Autores Conferencia
2025 Simulation-Based Design of a Small-Scale Direct Steam Generation CSP Plant with Fresnel Collectors: A Platform for Innovation in Chile Carlos Felbol*, Francisco Fuentes, Alicia Crespo, Camila Martin, Iván Muñoz, and Frank Dinter SolarPACES2025
2025 RenovAl: A Novel Annular Fresnel Solar Furnace for Aluminum Melting and Recycling Pablo Castillo, Cristopher Rozas, Francisco Fuentes, Iván Muñoz  SolarPACES2025
2025 Optimization of a solar thermal plant integrated to an industrial process using machine learning and genetic algorithms Ana Valentina Puentes Alarcón, Francisco Fuentes, Ivan Muñoz, Francisco Moraga Ramírez ISES SOLAR WORLD CONGRESS - SWC 2025
2025 Techno-economic optimization of pv, bess, and hybrid PV + bess system sizing in chile under energy arbitrage strategies Jorge Luis Saavedra Pinto ISES SOLAR WORLD CONGRESS - SWC 2025
2025 Integral Design of an Agrivoltaics Research System in Northern Minas Gerais, Brazil Frederik Schönberger, Ana Valentina Puentes, David Jung, Polyanna Mara de Oliveira AgriVoltaics World Conference 2024
2025 From Global to Local: Learning from Worldwide CSP Successes to Drive Chile’s Solar Power Industry Forward Carlos Felbol, Francisco Moraga, María Teresa Cerda, Frank Dinter SolarPACES 2024
2025 Assessment of Self-Dispatch Strategy in a Concentrating Solar Power System: Impact Analysis on the Chilean Spot Electricity Market Francisco Moraga, Carlos Felbol, Frank Dinter, María Teresa Cerda SolarPACES 2024
2025 Hybrid CSP-PV System for Sustainable Energy in a Chilean Mine: A Case Analysis Frank Dinter, Francisco Moraga, Carlos Felbol, Juan Manuel Gonzalez SolarPACES 2024
2024 Effects of Agrivoltaics on the Microclimate in Horticulture: Enhancing Resilience of Agriculture in Semi-Arid Zones David Jung, Frederik Schönberger, Fabian Spera Agrivoltaics World Conference 2023
2024 Agrivoltaics Over Berries in Chile: Potential for Clean Energy Generation and Climate Change Adaption David Jung, Frederik Schönberger, Francisco Moraga Agrivoltaics World Conference 2023
2024 Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions isplaced by Molten Salt Storage in CSP Plants Compared to Conventional Power Plants Alexander Schmitt, Vicente Tello, Iván Muñoz, Carlos Felbol, Catalina Hernández, María Cerda, Frank Dinter SolarPACES 2023
2024 CSP+MED Plant Coupled to a Seawater Pipeline from the Mining Industry in Northern Chile: A Case Study Carlos Felbol, Catalina Hernández, Felipe Godoy, Frank Dinter SolarPACES 2023
2024 Economic Impact of CSP Plants with Storage Addressing the Energy Transition in Locations with High Electricity Demand in Chile Catalina Hernández, Frank Dinter, Carlos Felbol, María Teresa Cerda SolarPACES 2023
2022 Determination of the technicaleconomic potential for the development of district heating projects in each commune of Chile Ivan Muñoz 8th International Conference On Smart Energy Systems - SESAAU 2022
2022 Price for covering cropland with an agrivoltaic system: PV panels replacing shading nets in Chilean blueberry cultivation David Jung and Alois Salmon AgriVoltacis 2021
2022 Effects of soiling on agrivoltaic systems: Results of a case study in Chile David Jung, Gabriel H. Gareis, Andreas Staiger, and Alois Salmon AgriVoltaics 2021
2022 Assessment of the Atmospheric Extinction for Solar Tower Power Plants along the Sun Belt: Preliminary Results A Marzo, A Salmon, J Polo, J Ballestrín Solar World Congress 2021
2022 Technical-economic feasibility study of hybrid CSP plants with Gas in Chile Catalina Cáceres, Catalina Hernández, and Frank Dinter  SolarPACES 2022
2022 Evaluation of LCOE with New Costs for Concentrating Solar Power Tower Plants In Northern Chile and Impact of Green Taxes Catalina Hernández, María Teresa Cerda, Carlos Felbol and Frank Dinter SolarPACES 2022
2021 District heating pilot assessment in a southern city of Chile with renewable energy sources Natalia Osorio Solar World Congress
2021 Techno-Economic Optimization of Solar Tower Systems: Comparison of Different Sites in Chile Maitane Ferreres Eceiza, Peter Schöttl, Francisco Torres Sartori, Carlos Felbol, María Cerda, Thomas Fluri and Gregor Bern SolarPACES
2020 Agrivoltaics for Farmers with Shadow and Electricity Demand: Results of a Pre-feasibility Study under Net Billing in Central Chile David Jung, Aloïs Salmon, Patricia Gese AgriVoltacis 2020
2020 Producción directa de aire caliente en colectores solares Fresnel para la industria minera: Estudio de prefactibilidad Famiflietti A., Lecuona-Neumann A., Rahjoo M., Ibarra M., Roa J. XVII Congreso Ibérico y XIII Congreso Iberoamericano de Energía Solar
2018 Bifacial Technology Performance Compared With Three Commercial Monofacial PV Technologies under Outdoor High Irradiance Conditions at the Atacama Desert Paulo Ayala, Constanza Muñoz, Natalia Osorio, Catalina Hernández, Fernando Zurita, Victor Gutierrez, Gonzalo Ramirez, Fernando Mancilla, Patricio Valdivia, Felipe Cuevas and Pablo Ferrada. EEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion
2018 Metodología para la determinación del potencial de integración de Tecnologías Solares Térmicas para aplicaciones industriales en Chile P.A. Castillo, C.A. Correa, M. Ibarra XVI Congreso Ibérico y
XII Congreso Iberoamericano de Energía Solar
2017 Comparative Corrosion Performance of metallic alloys in Thermal Energy Storage Systems of CSP Fabiola Pineda, Magdalena Walczak 1st Workshop on Thermal Energy Storage and Molten Salt Corrosion (TESCOR)
2017 Experimental and numerical characterization of CPV microchannel based cooling systems Natalia Osorio, Mario Di Capua, Daming Chen, Francisco Montero, Paulina Escobar, Andrea Arias, Andrés Díaz, Alfonso Ortega and Amador Guzmán. 2017 MRS Fall Meeting and Exhibit
2017 Towards the Chilean Solar Thermal Potential Knowledge for Solar Power Tower Plants A. Marzo, L.F. Zarzalejo, M. Ibarra, A.A. Navarro, G. Soto, L. Ramirez, R. Escobar, M. Silva-Pérez SolarPACES 2017
2017 Techno-Economical Evaluation of Parabolic Trough Collectors Systems for Steam Processes in the Chilean
Industry
F. Cortés, M. Ibarra, F. Moser, I. Muñoz, A. Crespo, C. Murray SolarPACES 2017
2016 Modelo transiente para la predicción de temperaturas en una poza solar y el suelo bajo ella Amigo J., Suárez F  XV Jornadas de Mecánica Computacional, Arica, Chile, 6-7 de Octubre.
2016 Assessing the performance of Concentrated Solar Power plants in selected locations of Chile A. Starke, J. Cardemil, R. Escobar, S. Colle  28th International Conference on Eficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy systems
2016 The Role of CSP in Achieving a High Fraction of Renewable Electricity in Chile Clare Murray, Werner Platzer Enersol
2016 Thermal performance  assessment  of  a  large aperture  concentrating  collector  in  an industrial application in Chile A. Pino, C. Murray, J.M. Cardemil, R. Escobar Solar Paces 2016
2016 State of the art of performance evaluation methods for concentrating solar collectors A. Hofer, et.al. SolarPACES 2015
2016 Combined solar thermal and photovoltaic power plants – An approach to 24h solar electricity? W. Platzer SolarPACES 2015
2016 A learning curve for solar thermal power W. Platzer, F. Dinter SolarPACES 2015
2015 Generación combinada de calor y frío para el proceso de producción del vino utilizando un refrigerador por absorción asistido por energía solar térmica,  Gonzalo Quiñones, Rodrigo Escobar y José Miguel Cardemil Jornadas de Mecánica computacional, Concepción, Chile, Octubre 2015
2015 Multi-Objective and Multi-Parameter Optimization of Solar Domestic Hot-Water Systems for Reducing On-Peak Power Consumption Allan R. Starke, Theo D. M. Ruas, Samuel L. Abreu, Jose M. Cardemil and Sergio Colle Solar World Congress (SWC) 2015
2015 Combined generation of heat and cooling for a winemaking process using a solar-assisted absorption chiller J. Cardemil, G. Quiñones, R. Escobar, C. Tenreiro Solar World Congress (SWC) 2015
2015 The state of solar energy resource assessment in Costa Rica N. Alvarado, R. Escobar Solar World Congress (SWC) 2015
2015 Solar Radiation measurement network in Chile Rodrigo Escobar, Alan Pino, Cristian Cortes y Marcelo Salgado  XII International Pyrheliometer Comparison, IPC-XII

Revistas

Año Título Autores Revista
2025 Improving the off-design modeling of a commercial absorption chiller Juan Manuel González; Álvaro Antonio Ochoa; José Miguel Cardemil; Felipe Godoy; Mónica Zamora Energy Conversion and Management; Volumen 326; febrero 2025
2025 Industrial Solar Heat Potential in Chile: A Technical-Economic Analysis Diego Naranjo, Francisco Fuentes , Iván Muñoz Solar Energy Advances; Volumen 5; 2025
2025 Multisectoral Decarbonisation Strategies in Punta Arenas, Chile: A Multi-Renewable
Technologies Approach
Iván Muñoz, Francisco Fuentes Solar Energy Advances; Volumen 5; 2025
2024 Floating photovoltaic in Chile: Potential for clean energy generation and water protection David Jung, Frederik Schönberger, Francisco Moraga, Konstantin Ilgen, Stefan Wieland Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments; Volumen 63; marzo 2024
2024 Assessing the integration of solar process heat in the dairy industry: A case study in
Chile
Francisco Fuentes,Nicolás Pailahueque, Iván Muñoz , Rodrigo Escobar, José M. Cardemil Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments; Volumen 69; septiembre 2024
2023 Theoretical technical–economic comparison of hybrid energy for gas and solar concentration plants in the Region of Antofagasta Chile Catalina Hernández, Carlos Felbol, María Teresa Cerda y Mercedes Ibarra Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments; Volumen 55; febrero 2023
2022 Assessing the Uncertainties of Simulation Approaches for Solar Thermal Systems Coupled to Industrial Processes Cardemil, J. M., Calderón-Vásquez, I., Pino, A., Starke, A., Wolde, I., Felbol, C., ... & Escobar, R Journal of Cleaner Production; Volumen 346; abril 2022
2021 Comparison between Concentrated Solar Power and Gas-Based Generation in Terms of Economic and Flexibility-Related Aspects in Chile Catalina Hernández, María Teresa Cerda, Aloïs Salmon, Álvaro Lorca Energies 2021, 14(4), 1063
2021 Turbo-assisted direct solar air heater for medium temperature industrial processes using Linear Fresnel Collectors. Assessment on daily and yearly basis Antonio Famiglietti, Antonio Lecuona, Mercedes Ibarra, Javier Roa Energy: Volumen 223; mayo 2021
2021 Integration enhancements of a solar parabolic trough system in a Chilean juice industry: Methodology and case study Alicia Crespo, Iván Muñoz, Werner Platzer, Mercedes Ibarra Solar energy; Volumen 224; agosto 2021; p. 593-606
2020 Potential Map for the Installation of Concentrated Solar Power Towers in Chile Catalina Hernández, Rodrigo Barraza, Alejandro Saez, Mercedes Ibarra and Danilo Estay Energies 2020, 13(9), 2131
2020 Solar extinction map in Chile for applications in solar power tower plants, comparison with other places from sunbelt and impact on LCOE Aitor Marzo, Aloïs Salmon, Jesus Polo, Jesus Ballestrin, Gonzalo Soto, Gonzalo Quiñones, Joaquin-Alonso Montesinos, Elena Carra, Mercedes Ibarra, José Cardemil, Edward Fuentealba, Rodrigo Escobar Renewable Energy; Volumen 170; junio 2021; p.197-211
2019 Exergy cost and thermoeconomic analysis of a Rankine Cycle + Multi-Effect Distillation plant considering time-varying conditions Carlos Mata-Torres, Adriana Zurita, José M. Cardemil, Rodrigo A. Escobar Energy Conversion and Management; Volumen 192; julio, 2019; p.114-132
2018 Performance of an Organic Rankine Cycle with two expanders at off-design operation Ibarra, M., Rovira, A., Alarcón-Padilla, D.-C.,  Applied Thermal Engineering; Volumen 149; febrero, 2019; p.688-701
2018 Standard or local solar spectrum? Implications for solar technologies studies in the Atacama desert AitorMarzo-PabloFerrada-FelipeBeizah-PierreBesson-JoaquínAlonso-Montesinos-JesúsBallestrín-RobertoRomán-CarlosPortillo-RodrigoEscobar-EdwardFuentealba Renewable Energy; Volumen 127; noviembre, 2018; p.871-882
2018 Techno-economic evaluation of a hybrid CSP + PV plant integrated with thermal energy storage and a large-scale battery energy storage system for base generation Adriana Zurita, Carlos Mata-Torres, Carlos Valenzuela, Carlos Felbol, José M. Cardemil, Amador M.
Guzmán, Rodrigo A. Escobar 
Solar Energy; Volumen 173; octubre 2018; p.1262-1277
2018 Latent thermal energy storage for solar process heat applications at medium-high temperatures – A review,
IN PRESS, Solar Energy, 2018
Alicia Crespo, Camila Barreneche, Mercedes Ibarra, Werner Platzer Solar Energy; Volumen 192; noviembre 2019; p. 3- 34
2017 Adsorption of As(III) and As(V) compounds on Fe 3 O 4 (0 0 1) surfaces: A first principle study. S. Baltazar, A. Romero, M. Salgado  Computational Materials Science; Volumen 127; febrero 2017; p. 110-120
2017 A transient model for temperature prediction in a salt-gradient solar pond and the ground beneath it. Amigo J., Suárez F., Meza F. Energy; volumen 132; agosto, 2017; p.257-268
2017 Long term soiling analysis for three photovoltaic technologies in Santiago region  Pierre Besson, Constanza Munoz, Gonzalo Ramirez-Sagner, Marcelo Salgado, Rodrigo Escobar, Werner Platzer IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics; Volumen 7, issue 6
2017 Potential for solar thermal energy in the heap bioleaching of chalcopyrite in Chilean copper mining C. Murray, W. Platzer, J. Petersen Minerals Engineering; volumen 100; enero, 2017; p. 75-82
2017 Membrane distillation: perspectives for sustainable and improved desalination González D., Amigo J., Suárez F Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews; Volumen 80; diciembre 2017; p. 238-259
2017 Solar Polygeneration for electricity production and water desalination C.Mata, R. Escobar, J.Cardemil, Y.Simsek, J. Matute Renewable Energy; Volumen 101; febrero, 2017; p. 387-398
2017 Economic Feasibility of Residential and Commercial PV Technology: the Chilean Case.  Ramírez-Sagner G., Mata-Torres C., Pino A. and Escobar R.  Renewable Energy; Volumen 111; octubre, 2017; p.332-343
2017 An experimental and numerical study of evaporation reduction in a salt-gradient solar pond using floating discs.  Silva C., González D., Suárez F. Solar Energy; Volumen 142; enero 2017, p.204-214
2016 Tackling the water-energy nexus: an assessment of membrane distillation driven by salt-gradient solar ponds F. Suarez, R. Urtupia Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy; volumen 18, 2016; p.1697-1712
2016 Effect of soiling and sunlight exposure on the performance ratio of photovoltaic technologies in Santiago, Chile E.Urrejola et.al. Energy Conversion and Management, Volumen 114, abril 2016; p.338 - 347
2016 Thermodynamic evaluation of solar-geothermal hybrid power plants in northern Chile F. Cortes, J. Cardemil, R. Escobar, A. Diaz Energy Conversion and Management; Volumen 123; 2016; p.348-361
2016 Constructal design of salt-gradient solar pond fields D. Gonzalez, J. Amigo, S. Lorente, A. Bejan, F. Suarez International Journal of Energy Research; Volumen 40, issue 10; p.1428 -1446
2016 Thermal analysis of solar-assisted heat pumps for swimming pool heating A. Starke, J. Cardemil, R. Escobar, S. Colle  Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering; Volumen 39, 2017; p.2289-2306
2016 Assessing the performance of Hybrid CSP+PV plants in Northern Chile A. Starke, J. Cardemil, R. Escobar, S. Colle  Solar Energy, Volumen 138, noviembre 2016, p. 88 - 97
2016 Preliminary survey on site-adaptation techniques for satellite-derived and reanalysis of solar radiation datasets Polo J., Wilbert S., Ruiz-Arias J.A.,Meyer R., Gueymard C., Súri M.,Martín L., Mieslinger T.,Blanc P., Grant I.,Boland J., Ineichen P.,Remund J., Escobar R., Troccoli A., Sengupta M., Nielsen K.P., Renne D., Geuder N., Cebecauer T.,  Solar Energy; volumen 132; julio 2016; p.25-37
2016 Review of photovoltaic powe forecasting J. Antonanzas, N. Osorio, R. Escobar, R. Urraca, F.J. Martinez-de-Pison, F. Antonanzas-Torres. Solar Energy; Volumen 136; octubre 2016; p. 78-111
2015 Thermodynamic evaluation and optimization of Solar-Geothermal hybrid systems in northern Chile F. Cortés, J. Cardemil, R. Escobar Energy Conversion and Management; Volumen 123; septiembre 1, 2016; p. 348 - 361
2015 Solar assisted absorption machine for the fermentation cooling and maceration heating processes in the winemaking industry  C. Murray, G. Quiñones, F. Cortés,  R. Escobar, J.M. Cardemil Energy Procedia, Volumen 91, junio 2016, p. 805-814
2015 Estimating the potential for solar energy utilization in Chile by satellite estimation and ground station measurements R. Escobar, C. Cortés, A. Pino, F. Ramos, E. Pereira, J. Cardemil, J. Boland Solar Energy, Volumen 121, noviembre 2015, p. 139 -151

Posters

Año Título Autores Publicación
2024 GIS-Based Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis of Site Selection for CSP Plants in Chile Francisco Moraga, Cristóbal Doña, Carlos Felbol, Francisco Fuentes, Frank Dinter SolarPACES2024
2018 Identification of maximum solar heat integration potential via
Pinch Analysis and optimization of the operation policy of a PTC
field in grape juice Chilean industry
A. Crespo, I. Muñóz, F. Cortés, G. Ramírez, M. Ibarra, W. Platzer, F. Dinter SolarPACES 2018
2018 Advanced Irradiance Modelling for Solar Assessment A. Salmon, J. Bézian, O. Farges, M. Ibarra SolarPACES 2018
2018 Techno-economical evaluation of solar steam production system for a case study in a canning fruit industry P. Castillo, C. Correa, M. Ibarra, F. Dinter SolarPACES 2018
2017 New nanocomposed hydrophobic membranes based on polymers and copper oxide nanoparticles. Possible application in MD field Alain Tundidor Camba 14th Latin American Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry (CLAFQO)
2016 Síntesis y caracterización de una poli(imida) aromática obtenida a partir de 3,5-diamino- N-adamantilbenzamida.¿ M. González, G. Pérez, A. Tundidor-Camba, C.A. Terraza, A. Leiva, D. Coll, P. Ortiz, L.H. Tagle. VIII  Coloquio de Macromoléculas

Estudios técnicos

Año Título Autores Organización
2021 The Chilean Potential for Exporting Renewable Energy Palma-Behnke, R., Abarca del Río, R., Agostini, C., Alvear, C., Amaya, J., Araya, P., Arellano, N., Arriagada, P., Avilés, C., Barría, C., Berg, A., Buchuk, D., Cardemil, J. M., Dall’Orso, F., Domínguez, M. P., Escauriaza, C., Feijoo, F., Figueroa, A., Flores, C. … Vicuña, S. Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología, Conocimiento e Innovación - Comité Científico de Cambio Climático

Colaboraciones

Año Título Autores
2025 International Energy Agency (IEA) Task 13 Reliability and Performance of Photovoltaic Systems - Dual Land Use for Agriculture and Solar Power Production: Overview and Performance of Agrivoltaic Systems 2025  Max Trommsdorff, Pietro Elia Campana, Jordan Macknick, Álvaro Fernández Solas, Shiva Gorjian, Ioannis Tsanakas // Frederik Schönberger colaborador
2024 Guidelines for Simulation Tools and Monitoring the Performance of SHIP Systems Carlos Felbol, José Miguel Cardemil, Alan Pino, Allan Starke, Ignacio Calderón Vásquez, Ian Wolde, Leonardo F.L Lemos, Vinicius Bonini, Ignacio Arias, Cristóbal Sarmiento, Javier Iñigo-Labairu, Jürgen Dersch 
2024 Policy brief AgriPV  Uso compartido de suelos para la agricultura y generación de energía solar fotovoltaica  Frederik Schönberger; Michael Schmidt; Mauricio Osses; Gabriel Duran
2023 Guideline for Yield Assessment in SHIP Plants: Uncertainties derived from the simulation approaches Carlos Felbol, José Miguel Cardemil, Alan Pino, Allan Starke, Ignacio Calderón Vásquez, Ian Wolde, Leonardo F.L Lemos, Vinicius Bonini, Ignacio Arias, Cristóbal Sarmiento, Javier Iñigo-Labairu, Jürgen Dersch 
2022 Assessing the synergy between a seawater pumping system for mining facilities and the cooling system of a CSP plant in Northern Chile Gacitúa, J. A., Palma-Behnke, R., Cardemil, J. M., Cerda, M. T., Godoy, F., & Dinter, F