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Mr. Álvaro López-Peña Fernández

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Category: Research Assistant
Research Area: Power-Economics Regulation Research Group
Association date: 05/Mar/2007
Location: SM26.P-502
Phone number: +34 91 542-2800 ext. 2775
E-mail: alvaro.lopezpenaATiit.upcomillas.es
Personal web page: http://www.iit.upcomillas.es/alpena/

Areas of interest:
Sustainability of our actual world energy model. Energy policy. Technical and economical modeling of the energy sector for policy analysis.

Biography:
Alvaro López-Peña Fernández was born in Madrid in 1983. He obtained his Industrial Engineering Degree from Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICAI), Madrid, Spain, in 2006. He also graduated as an engineer from the Grande École d'Ingénieurs ICAM Toulouse, France, in 2007, after studying there for an Erasmus year and doing a six-month internship at Airbus Central Entity. He currently works as Assistant Researcher at IIT and he is a member of the BP Chair on Energy and Sustainability. His areas of interest include all aspects regarding the sustainability of the current world energy model in its three aspects, mainly energy sustainability policies analysis and formulation. His current PhD thesis research is based on this topic.

Journal Publications

    A. López-Peña, I.J. Pérez-Arriaga, P. Linares, "Renewables vs. energy efficiency: the cost of carbon emissions reduction in Spain", Energy Policy. vol. 50, pp. 659-668, November 2012.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.08.006     JCR impact factor 2.723 (2011)

    A. López-Peña, P. Linares, I.J. Pérez-Arriaga, "Análisis retrospectivo de la eficiencia de la promoción de las renovables y del ahorro energético para la reducción de emisiones de CO2 en España", Información Comercial Española, ICE: Revista de Economía. vol. 862, pp. 19-32, September 2011.
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    E. Centeno, S. Wogrin, A. López-Peña, M. Vázquez, "Analysis of investments in generation capacity: a bilevel approach", IET Generation Transmission & Distribution. vol. 5, no. 8, pp. 842-849, August 2011.
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    K. Dietrich, A. López-Peña, P. Linares, "A new framework for rural electrification programs", IAEE Newsletter. vol. Third quarter, pp. 21-25, July 2011.
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    P. Linares, I.J. Pérez-Arriaga, A. López-Peña, J. Díaz Carazo, "Políticas para un transporte sostenible", Cuadernos de Energía. no. 25, pp. 14-21, July 2009.
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 5 publications

Conference Papers

    A. López-Peña, P. Linares, I.J. Pérez-Arriaga, "A dynamic model for sustainable energy policy making in spain", INFORMS 2012 Annual Meeting. Arizona, U.S.A., 14-17 October 2012
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    A. López-Peña, I.J. Pérez-Arriaga, P. Linares, "Cost-Efficient decarbonisation of spanish private road transportation: biofuels vs. electric cars", 31st edition of the International Energy Workshop - IEW. Cape Town, South Africa, 19-21 June 2012
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    A. López-Peña, E. Centeno, J. Barquín, J.J. Sánchez, "Capacity mechanisms and renewable promotion in a business dynamics-based generation expansion model applied to the Spanish system", Workshop: "A Feedback View on the Electricity Sector: Behavior, Policy models and Long term consequences". Lausanne, Switzerland, 4-5 December 2009
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    A. López-Peña, E. Centeno, J. Barquín, "Long-term security of supply and strategic policies in liberalized electricity systems: Capacity payments, capacity markets and renewables promotion mechanisms", 10th International Association for Energy Economics European Conference (IAEE): "Energy, Policies and Technologies for Sustainable Economies". Viena, Austria, 7-9 September 2009
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    J.J. Sánchez, J. Barquín, E. Centeno, A. López-Peña, "A multidisciplinary approach to model long-term investments in electricity generation: Combining system dynamics, credit risk theory and game theory", IEEE General Meeting 2008. Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), U.S.A., 20-24 July 2008
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    E. Centeno, J. Barquín, A. López-Peña, J.J. Sánchez, "Effects of gas-production constraints on generation expansion", 16th Power Systems Computation Conference - PSCC 08. ISBN: 978-0-947649-28-9, Glasgow, Scotland, 14-18 July 2008
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    J.J. Sánchez, J. Barquín, E. Centeno, A. López-Peña, "System dynamics models for generation expansion planning in a competitive framework: Oligopoly and market power representation", Twenty-Fifth International System Dynamics Conference. ISBN: 9781604239249, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 29 July-2 August 2007
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 7 publications

Books and Book chapters

    P. Linares, A. López-Peña, I.J. Pérez-Arriaga, "El modelo energético español", en Cambio global España 2020/2050. Energía, economía y sociedad. Editores Nieto, J. y Linares Llamas, P.. Ed. CCEIM, Fundación CONAMA. Madrid, Spain, 2011.
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 1 books

Projects

    Generation capacity expansion in systems with non-dispatchable plants , developed for: Endesa. Jan/2009-Dec/2009
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    Assistance for strategic studies , developed for: Endesa. Jan/2008-Dec/2008
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    Electricity regulation for isolated rural areas in Guatemala, developed for: Energía Sin Fronteras. Jan/2008-Jul/2009
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    Assistance for strategic studies , developed for: Endesa. Jan/2007-Dec/2007
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 4 projects

International exchanges

    Jul - Oct 2012, Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Cambridge, MA (U.S.A.).

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