I have a B.Sc. and M.Sc. degree in Industrial Engineering (2001) and a Ph.D. in Electric Power Systems (2018), both by the University of the Basque Country, and I have been working for TECNALIA since 2001, now as a senior researcher and project manager in the Smart Grids Area, which belongs to the Energy, Climate and Urban Transition Unit.
I have focused my career in the economic analysis of innovative business models for Distributed Energy Resources (Renewable Energy Resources, Combined Heat and Power, Active Electricity Demand Response, Electric Vehicles), Energy Communities and Microgrids. In order to perform the analyses of business models, I have closely followed the construction of the integrated EU electricity market and learned how it affected the regulatory frameworks and electricity market conditions in several European countries.
I have led the economic assessment of the technological solutions proposed in several publicly co-funded R&D projects, including some of the major projects dealing with smart grids since the EU Framework Programme 6, as well as in dedicated projects for the main Spanish utilities and the TSO. I have also contributed to different working groups which aimed at an efficient integration of Distributed Energy Resources in the power system, with all international (IEA, CIGRE), European (Wind Europe, BRIDGE) and Spanish (Futured, Reoltec) scopes.
I co-authored 4 books and several scientific publications (25 of which are indexed in Scopus) and specialised conferences.
I am a regular reviewer in some Q1 scientific journals and support the Spanish Government in the revision of project proposals for different National R&D Programmes. I have also reviewed proposals for KIC INNOENERGY.