Advisory Board

Norela Constantinescu is leading the research and innovation team of European Networks for Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E). She also leads the work of drafting ENTSO-E R&D Research Plans and R&I projects monitoring and applications activity. She leads the work related to the participation of ENTSO-E in Horizon 2020 projects and coordinates the Research, Development and Innovation Committee of ENTSO-E formed out of 35 TSOs members and the activities related to Horizon 2020 Intensys4EU and TDX Assist projects. She is working with market design, renewable integration storage, digitization. She is also leading the development and the implementation of Research and Innovation strategy of ENTSO-E. She is member of Governing Board of ETIP SNET and member of the WG1 Power System and WG4 Digitalization and Customer of ETIP SNET. Before she was working for 6 years with European Commission DG Energy leading on the SET Plan activities and being responsible for wind research and innovation activities and smart cities and communities. She obtained a Master Degree in energy engineering from University Politechnica Bucharest, Romania, she holds an MBA from Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Solvay School and post graduate studies in Applied Computer Science from Vrije Universiteit Brussel. She has recently obtained a diploma from Florence School of Regulation for Power System Regulation and Network Codes.  

Aurélie Beauvais is the Policy Director of SolarPower Europe, the European association representing over 200 companies and organization active across the Solar value chain. She develops and steers the implementation of SolarPower Europe’s political strategy, with the aim of shaping the European regulatory environment to enhance business opportunities for solar power in Europe. Prior to joining Solar Power Europe, she headed the European Affairs department of the French Union of Electricity (UFE) from 2012 to 2017. She holds a Double Master’s degree in Political Sciences and Public Affairs, delivered by the Political Science Institute of Bordeaux (SciencesPo).

Dr. Antonios Marinopoulos is a Technical Project Officer in the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. Currently he is with the Electricity Distribution, Security and Markets Unit, working on European projects in the area of Smart Grids Interoperability and Energy Digitalisation. He has received the Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering and the PhD in Power Systems Engineering, in 2003 and 2009 respectively, from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. From 2010 to early 2017 he was with ABB Corporate Research Centre in Sweden, where he worked on renewable energy sources and energy storage grid applications as a principal scientist in various technology development projects. He is the author of more than 40 scientific papers in academic journals and conferences and a co-inventor of four granted patents in the field of solar and wind technology. His research interests cover the areas of power systems and renewable energy sources, distributed generation, and battery energy storage.

Carlos Martinez de Guereñu is the Innovation and Technological Development Manager of ZIGOR Research and Development A.I.E. He is responsible for a talented team who is leading the new product developments of ZIGOR. Mr. Guereñu is an expert in power conversion and electromagnetic compatibility. During his more than 20 years in R&D activities at Zigor, he has developed (as Power Engineer or as the Project Leader) high-end products such as ongrid and offgrid PV inverters, storage systems, industrial battery chargers, and emergency power systems. In 1998, he started working for Zigor as Manager and Engineer in the R&D Department. Previously, he worked for Saft Iberica, and Ikerlan. Mr. Guereñu holds a degree in Electronic Engineering by E.N.S.E.R.B in France, and a degree in Electronic Technical Engineering by Mondragon Universitatea. In 1995, he obtained a Master in Automation, Signal and Image Processing by the University of Bordeaux.

Vasiliki Klonari holds a Civil Engineering diploma (AUTH, GR) and a PhD in Electrical Engineering (UMONS,BE) on the probabilistic analysis of power distribution grids. She worked as a post-doctoral researcher on the reliability analysis of offshore wind farms (ULB, BE). Since November 2018, she have been working for WindEurope as a Senior System Integration and Digitalisation Analyst. In this context, she coordinates WindEurope’s activities on grid connection, grid optimisation, interoperability, cybersecurity and digital O&M issues that impact wind system integration. Since 2018, she is the Co-Founder of a start-up company that specialises on the development and operation of second-life battery systems.