Sustainable Energy Planning in Smart Grids

David Borge-Diez is a Professor in Electrical Engineering and a member of the Intelligent Energy Management Systems research group at the University of Leon in Spain. Prof. Borge-Diez has a PhD in Energy Engineering, Masters’ degrees in Industrial Technology Research and Industrial Engineering, and a Bachelor’s in Industrial Engineering. His work in teaching and as a researcher in focused on energy, with special emphasis in the use of unconventional energy sources an energy efficiency. For more than 8 years, he has worked in private companies nationally and internationally, developing research projects and engineering work, alongside his teaching and research in the academic environment. Enrique Rosales-Asensio is an Assistant Professor at the Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) in Spain. Prior to this he taught for five years, first as a Collaborating Professor at the American University at Europe, and then as Assistant Prof. at the University of Leon for two years. Rosales-Asensio specializes as an industrial engineer with postgraduate degrees in electrical engineering, business administration, and quality, health, safety, and environment management systems. He has published 39 scientific articles in peer-reviewed international journals, authored 12 book chapters, contributed to 10 research conferences with relative quality indices, and edited 7 international books and 5 special issues in peer-reviewed international journals. His main research interests are in efficiency and energy saving, electrical energy storage systems, distributed generation, and cogeneration and trigeneration.

• 1. Energy Planning for a Sustainable Transition to a Decarbonized Generation Scenario2. Electrical Consumption and Renewable Profile Clusterization based on K-Medoids Method3. Mapping of Building Energy Consumption and Emissions under RCP Scenarios based on a Descriptive Framework4. The Energy Sector and Public Lighting5. Pumped Hydro Systems for Sustainable Energy Planning6. Renewable Energy-Driven Heat Pumps Decarbonization Potential in Existing Residential Buildings7. Household Participation in Energy Communities with a Large Integration of Renewables8. A Hybrid Generation System Based on Non-Conventional Energy Sources9. Analysis and Proposal of Energy Planning and Renewable Energy Plans10. Optimal Siting and Sizing of Renewable Energy-Based Distributed Generation in Distribution Systems Considering CO2 Emissions11. Sustainable Mitigation Strategies for Urban Spaces12. A Proposal of 100% Renewable Energy Production for Cities13. Electric Vehicle Battery Charging Strategies14. Energy Management of Hybrid Storage Systems for Electric Vehicles15. Integration of Renewable Energies and Electric Vehicles in Interconnected Energy Systems