Carmen Romelia Aguirre, 62 years old, is the vice-president of the Asociación de Producción de Energía Renovable Río Aguagrún (HidroAguagrun).
As a farmer and the owner of a small trout farm, she lives in the community of Cerro-Pelado in the upper part of the Aguagrún river basin. Her home is located in an isolated place where the national electricity grid doesn’t reach. She’s one of the first families to install their own hydraulic turbine to generate electricity for home use. She is a defender of the environment.
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