Small businesses go green in Chile
November 28, 2019![A women holds a glass of red wine](https://static.dw.com/image/49031110_800.webp)
Project goal: Improving energy efficiency and reducing emissions of Chilean businesses in the agricultural and food sector
Project implementation: Training for small and medium-sized businesses in using renewable energy and in energy efficiency
Project scope: 60 small and medium-sized businesses
Project partners: German-Chilean Chamber of Commerce, Chilean Ministry of Energy, Chilean Agency for Energy Efficiency
Financing: The German Environment Ministry (BMU) funded €1,062,014.28 through its International Climate Initiative (IKI)
Duration: October 2014 to the end of 2019
It hasn't rained in Molina in central Chile for months and the water that usually flows from the mountains is also becoming scarcer. For wine grower Nicolas Morales, dwindling supplies have become a problem.
He sells half of his grapes to the large winery Vina San Pedro, a place where he's also getting advice on how to better manage the scarce resource. The San Pedro winery itself has an automatic watering system that reduces loss. It currently runs on a diesel engine, but the winery wants to switch to solar power.
They're one of a number of small and medium-sized businesses in Chile turning to renewables and learning how to become energy efficient as part of a German-Chilean run scheme to help reduce emissions from the agriculture and food sectors.
A film by Alexa Meyer