Janett Troncoso
Businesswoman
Ollagüe, Chile
In the Atacama Desert is Janett’s home, the isolated village of Ollagüe. The town is making use of a battery for solar power, providing citizens access to green power well into the night. Projects like this show how sustainable solar energy could soon compete with fossil fuel in Latin America. If it becomes an affordable viable alternative, carbon emissions causing climate change could be reduced across the continent by people like Janett using green power.
Ollagüe, Chile
Ollagüe is a rural Chilean community of around 300 people near the Bolivian border, set high above the Atacama Desert. As part of a broader renewable energy initiative taking place across the country, CIF is joining the Inter-American Development Bank and others to support the construction of over 1,500 solar panels in order to provide Ollagüe with around-the-clock energy access. It is the first time the town has had uninterrupted electricity, unlocking unprecedented social and economic opportunities for residents.