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SEEEPIRS Project

Sustainable, Efficient and Equitable Energy Planning for Industrial and Residential Systems

The SEEEPIRS project contributes to the transition toward sustainable, efficient, and equitable energy systems in industries and communities. It brings together researchers from Chile, Uruguay, and France to create tools that help plan and better use of renewable energy, integrating criteria of economic efficiency, environmental sustainability, and social equity, and that operate with computational times compatible with practice.

SEEEPIRS was selected by the STIC-AmSud regional program in 2024 to be implemented during 2025 and 2026 (code 24-STIC-16) and has national support from the National Agency for Research and Development (ANID, Chile), the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE, France), and the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII, Uruguay).

The goal of this project is twofold:

  • Cleaner and more competitive industries, coordinating the production and use of local renewable energy with the electrical grid.
  • Fairer communities and buildings, defining transparent energy sharing mechanisms so that access to clean energy is equitable, affordable, and reliable.

 

General objective

Develop decision-support models and tools that facilitate energy planning in industrial and residential systems, integrating criteria of economic efficiency, environmental sustainability, and social equity.

 

Methodological approaches

The relevance of this project is best understood through two concrete situations that directly affect our daily lives and the transition to a more sustainable energy future: "Cleaner and more competitive industry" and "Fair energy for smart communities and buildings."

 

a) Cleaner and more competitive industry

Companies face high energy costs and increasing pressure to reduce carbon emissions. Many are already installing solar panels or wind turbines at their facilities, but renewable generation is intermittent and difficult to predict.

Our project aims to optimize industrial production alongside the use of local renewable energy and electricity trading with the grid, enabling factories to become more competitive, reduce their carbon footprint, and save costs.

 

b) Fair energy for smart communities and buildings

More and more buildings and neighborhoods are generating their own energy through solar panels or shared microgrids. The challenge lies in deciding how to distribute this energy among households, which have different consumption patterns and characteristics.

In this context, SEEEPIRS seeks to design equitable and sustainable distribution mechanisms, ensuring that all residents have access to clean, affordable, and reliable energy, without some benefiting more than others to the detriment of the community.

Research team

Participating institutions

  • University of Santiago de Chile (USACH) – Chile.
  • ENSTA Paris (Institut Polytechnique de Paris) – France.
  • CNAM (CEDRIC) – France.
  • Université Paris-Saclay – France.
  • University of the Republic (UDELAR) – Uruguay.

Researchers and Students

  • Chile (USACH): Franco Quezada (Assistant Professor), Andrea Espinoza (Assistant Professor), Óscar Vásquez (Professor), Sebastián Dávila (Assistant Professor), Fernando García (Assistant Professor), Cristian Durán (Assistant Professor), Luis Rojo (Ph.D., USACH-INRIA Lille), Cristóbal Mauricio (Ph.D.), Lorena Espinoza (Ph.D.), Javier Cornejo (M.Sc.), Macarena Fredes (M.Sc.), Lucía González (M.Sc.), Sol Riquelme (M.Sc.), Melisa Herrera (M.Sc.)
  • France: Sourour Elloumi (Prof., ENSTA), Zacharie Ales (Assoc. Prof., ENSTA), Safia Kedad-Sidhoum (Prof., CNAM), Agnès Plateau (Assoc. Prof., CNAM), Céline Gicquel (Assoc. Prof., Univ. Paris-Saclay), Ruiwen Liao (Ph.D., Univ. Paris-Saclay), Natalia Jorquera (Ph.D., ENSTA-CNAM), Paulette Castillo (Ph.D., ENSTA).
  • Uruguay (UDELAR): Héctor Cancela (Prof.), Pedro Piñeyro (Asst. Prof.), Patricia Quintana (M.Sc.), Joaquín Velázquez (M.Sc.).

Total members: 25 | Female participation: 56% (14/25).

Contact

  • International Coordination: Franco Quezada (USACH) – franco.quezada@usach.cl
  • Programa STIC/MATH/CLIMAT AmSud: sticmathamsud.org