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Biography

George (Georgios) Xydis worked on various projects mainly in Greece that range from a single 10-kW turbine to a 486 MW offshore wind farm. He did work in the wind sector together with developers, utilities, universities, and research institutes. He holds a Ph.D in Engineering from National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), and a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He used to work as a Wind Projects Development Coordinator at Rokas Renewables – Iberdrola Renewables, as a Wind Project Developer (Wind Resource & Siting Engineer) at Vector Hellenic Windfarms S.A., and as a Researcher (eq. Assistant Professor level) in the Center for Electric Power and Energy (CEE), Department of Electrical Engineering at Technical University of Denmark. He now runs his own engineering research and consulting company George Xydis (www.xydis.gr/gx) and collaborates with universities (e.g. NTUA), research centers (a. the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, as a Senior Researcher, b. National Observatory of Athens as the BEYOND Exploitation Manager) heading at the same time the Sustainable Energy Planning and Intelligent Energy Systems (SEPIES) research group of CETRI. He is a member of the World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) since 2009.

Research Interest

Wind Resource Analysis; Energy Analysis; Energy Resources and Spatial Planning; Demand Side Management Strategies; Resource Use Efficiency and Sectorial Analysis; Urban Planning and Built Environment.