Paranal–Armazones connected to Chilean power grid

The ESO Director General Tim de Zeeuw visited the ESO Paranal and Armazones sites to commemorate their connection to the Chilean power grid. The demands of the future Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) necessitated the connection, which will also significantly reduce the carbon footprints of the observatories. From left to right the people are: Andres Romero, Secretario Ejecutivo CNE, Ivan Reyes, Director Desarrollo Nuevos Negocios SAESA, Ivan Saavedra, Ejecutivo CNE, Stelio Cembrano, Consultant, MegaRed, Hugo Briones, Gerente de Proyecto SAESA, Pablo Benario, CDEC SING Director (Ex MegaRed consultant), Juan Pablo Armas, Director of the Canadian Co, holding, Roberto Tamai, ESO, ELT Program manager, Andreas Kaufer, Director of Operations, Juan I. Parot, en representación del Directorio SAESA, Dimitris Kalaitzoglou, ESO Power engineer, Francisco Alliende, Gerente General Grupo SAESA, Martin Osorio, Ejecutivo Dept Regulacion Economica, CNE and ESO Director General Tim de Zeeuw.