Chile

To support the improvement of the communities where we are present, the CCE Chile team conducted another educational course at the San Andres School in La Higuera, the community where we have our La Huella photovoltaic plant in the north of the country.

26 children between the ages of five and eleven participated in this course. We talked about renewable energies with a focus on photovoltaics. The children absorbed the information very well, especially when we showed them how a solar module works. They really enjoyed this part.We also gave them CCE sunglasses and pencils with sunflower seeds that they can plant in their gardens, said Pilar Toledo, Community Relations Supervisor. We started this initiative last year and will offer courses for the other four schools in La Higuera over the next three years to support the improvement of the communities where we are present.

Raúl Castillo, teacher at San Andrés School, mentioned that they were very satisfied with this activity. He mentioned that it was the first time someone visited them.The children had fun with the activities. I wish this class could be repeated in all schools in the community.

Rene Hörwertner, General Manager of CCE Chile and Business Development Latin America, explained that this course is an example of the sustainable future we want to build with the communities near our sites.

With an investment of 70 million US dollars, the La Huella photovoltaic plant was inaugurated at the end of 2021, covering an area of 140 hectares and with an installed capacity of 87 MWp. This clean, sustainable, and economical energy reaches around 90 thousand households in the central and northern regions of the country. This is the first of five projects that the CCE group wants to build in Chile.

In 2021, CCE Chile also donated solar kits to 30 families near our La Huella photovoltaic plant who did not have electricity at that time. These families live in a rural area in the mountains, far from the city, and they dedicate their lives to goat farming.

Children from the class:

Catalina Arancibia, 9 years old: “Of all renewable energies, solar energy is the one I like the most to protect the environment”.

Isan Varas, 8 years old: “I really liked the part where we went to the garden to see how the solar cells work. I will be a guardian of the planet by picking up trash and disposing of it in the bins”.

Carolina Tablo, 8 years old: “It was great to see how a solar module generates electricity. I commit to taking care of water and light to help planet Earth”.