Elena Turienzo Lopez

Industrial Engineer (B. Sc. and M. Sc. in Industrial Engineering, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Bilbao (Spain)) and Master Executive in HVAC engineering (ESIDE-Deusto University, Bilbao (Spain)).

R&D Engineer at TECNALIA since 2003, where she develops his professional career in the Energy, Climate and Urban Transition Unit, participating in R&D projects at Regional, National and International levels. She has professional experience in the energy field, especially in the socioeconomic, environmental and technical aspects of distributed generation, dealing with renewable energy sources and microgrids and Energy Management Systems. In 2017, she joined the "Adaptation to Climate Change" group to contribute with her previous experience to the Energy&Climate link in projects related to the study of the techno-economic impacts of climate change and climate adaptation of the energy sector and other critical infrastructures. In this group, her career has mainly focused on the vulnerability analysis of energy assets, the study of interdependencies with other sectors, and the definition of adaptation measures.