Energy Communities

Carlos Cruz de la Torre is currently an Assistant Professor of the Department of Electronics at the University of Alcalá, Spain. Dr Cruz holds an M.Sc. in Electronics Engineering from the University of Granada, Spain, and a PhD in Electronics from the University of Alcalá, Spain. He is an experienced engineer (ESRF and ALBA Synchrotrons, ESSBilbao, CSIC and CIEMAT centers) with a wide-ranging background in detector evaluation, software simulation and hardware design. His areas of research are optimization of energy communities, energy data analysis, electronic design, and reconfigurable hardware. Marco Tostado-Véliz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Jaén, Spain. He received a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering (with Hons.) in 2016 and Masters degree in 2017, both from the University of Seville, Spain, and obtained his PhD degree in 2020 from the University of Jaén, Spain. His primary research interests include smart grids, numerical methods for power system analysis, optimization of energy communities, multi-energy systems modelling, and computing tools for home energy management systems. Paul Arévalo is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Jaén and the University of Cuenca, Spain. His current research includes the planning and optimization of renewable energy systems, power systems, energy control, and demand forecasting. Dr Arévalo received a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Cuenca, Ecuador, in 2015. He received an M.Sc. in renewable energy management and an M.Sc. in renewable energies from the Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid and the University of Jaén, Spain, respectively. In 2021, he received a Ph.D. in advances in materials engineering and sustainable energies. Francisco Jurado has been a Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Jaén, Spain, since 1985. His current research interests include power systems, modeling, and renewable energy. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE.