Newsletter ACERA - Mayo 2020

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Keeping in touch: "A coffee with ACERA"
The health crisis caused by COVID-19 is in full swing. Its duration and
effects generate a high level of uncertainty in all areas and that is
where collaborative work and mutual information become very
important. In this vein, ACERA designed a series of internal meetings
with its member companies, inviting them to discuss the current
scenario and raise matters of importance to the industry.
The activity took place at different conferences led by ACERA’s
Executive Director Carlos Finat, who met virtually with groups of
five to seven member company executives. "It is very important for us
to be in constant contact with our members, which had not been
possible due to the measures of estrangement. That is why we created
this activity that has been very profitable and has helped us understand
how this crisis really affects an industry vital to the well-being and
functioning of people and the economy, especially since we don't
know how long it will go on," Finat said.
Some of the companies that took a Coffee with ACERA were the
Customs Agency Sesnich, DNV-GL, Carey, GES, Trinasolar, RWE,
EDC, CarbonFree, B-Ambiental, ATCO, o4uChile, Lader Energy,
Thenergy, Prieto Abogados, Sustentable, EnorChile, ISA Interchile,
Huawei, Andes Solar, GQ Consultores, Coener, KAS, G-Advisory, EDF
Renewables, Safira Energía, CCE, D'E Capital, Atlantica, Siemens
Gamesa, and Cerro Dominador.
ACERA plans to keep this activity in new cycles to continue sharing
with its member companies during the health crisis.
The first prototype emergency respirator
sponsored by ACERA is being developed
The health crisis arrived in Chile in March, forcing the change of
routines and absolute confinement to much of the population. Along
with the pandemic, the country's hospital vulnerability was also evident
and the need for supportive mechanical respirators became apparent,
motivating different public and private initiatives that began to work on
it. ACERA was one of these organizations, calling for the manufacture
of the first emergency mechanical respirators, based on the prototype
of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), who opened their
designs, in order to make them available to serious cases in Chile from
COVID-19.
Following an open tendering process, in which seven proposals were
received, it was Mecasfy which eventually awarded ACERA's support.
They will be the ones who, supported by the trade union association,
will develop the first prototype sponsored by the renewable energy
sector.
Carlos Finat, Executive Director of ACERA, tells that "when we
decided to launch this initiative we did not give it much thought, and
now, seeing how the number of cases in Chile is increasing, we have
more strength to move forward with this project and support Mecasfy
to achieve the best possible prototype".
Thus begins a joint adventure, at a speedy pace, which hopes to be a
contribution from the social sphere, as well as to open new spaces of
technological development.