Ayllú Solar: The sun harvest in Chile ...
Chile's comparative advantage over other countries in the perspective of capturing solar energy as a source of production and development is well known. It is even projected that this country will become a supplier of energy coming from the sun for a large part of the continent.
Currently, only the 11% of the energy we occupy corresponds to that extracted from the sun's rays, in the 2040 instead, it is projected that more than 40% of the energy consumed by the world will come from solar energy. Even Nissan projects that in the 2040 the 30% of people will prefer the use of electric vehicles over conventional ones.
In the country there are many national and foreign initiatives in this regard, from the industrial and domestic catchment for electricity use, to construction projects of clean energy feeder roads to the continent that will be needed in the near future.
In this context, Ayllú Solar is one of them.
The company Ayllú Solar was created to collaborate with the Region of Arica and Parinacota, with the objective that the urban and rural communities of this region reach a sustainable development through the use of solar energy, creating energy solutions that are cost-effective, replicable and scalable in key areas for the development of communities.
In this line of intervention, the company maintains a special section to collaborate with agricultural development in the region, which is integrated by a team of professionals in environmental sciences, chemical engineering, and led by agronomist Marcia Montedónico. It also has the collaboration of academics and farmers from the Region of Arica and Parinacota.
The team has worked with the purpose of contributing to the development of agricultural activity through the implementation of solar solutions; enhance existing activities or promote new opportunities or niches that are still incipient and that could improve the living conditions of rural inhabitants.
Two examples of this work are the projects of Putre, called Vitor Chaca, where through solar energy the packing and refrigeration of agricultural communities is maintained to market their products, and the collaborative project with hydroponics and greenhouse crops in the Lluta Valley, where solar energy is not only used as energy itself, but the qualities of ultraviolet rays are extracted from the sun's rays to separate the large amount of boron from the water in the area.
Ayllu means community, in the Aymara and Quechua languages. The name of this project, then, is because it is based on the concept of co-construction with the communities, because the objective is for farmers to be trained in the use of this technology and to continue applying it on their own. Once the company and technicians leave the area.
Given its high levels of irradiation and its exceptional clarity, the Atacama Desert has great potential for the production of electricity, heat and light on the basis of solar energy. It is also an exceptional area for the study, development and testing of new solar technologies. These characteristics are the main reasons why Solar Energy Research Center, SERC Chile, decided to implement this project called Ayllu Solar in the Arica and Parinacota region.
Source: BluerriesChile.cl - BlueberriesConsulting.com
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