The ALP-SE team
Dr. Alvaro Lopez-Peña,
Founder and CEO of ALP-Sustainable Energy.
With close to 20 years of international experience focused on the challenges and opportunities of the energy transition, Álvaro has a deep understanding of both the megatrends and specificities such as sector regulation and new business models.
He has previously worked in strategy consulting, private sector, international organisation, public policy and academic settings (e.g. KPMG, International Renewable Energy Agency, Ph.D. financed by BP and Endesa).
Electrical engineer, Masters in power sector regulation and PhD in energy markets, policy & sustainability. Lecturer on international energy governance, contributor to publications of international energy organizations (IEA, IRENA, REN21, etc.) and speaker at conferences. Building relationships with an extensive professional network in 60+ countries.
Solid technical/analytical background; outstanding interpersonal skills in Spanish, English & French; confident and effective speaker in both layman and expert terms.
Detailed CV available here.
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Pietro Lubello (Associate)
Research fellow, UCL Energy Institute working on energy planning
PhD in energy modelling for policy advisory
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Matt Chester (Associate)
Energy, utility, and sustainability expert based in USA
Mechanical engineer
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Joe Dodgshun (Associate)
Brand strategy and storytelling consultant
Content and editorial expertise
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Associate
Commercial department, top EU energy grid company
Civil engineer, master in infrastructure financing
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Other thematic experts
Upon requirement
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Selected experience:
Energy transition strategies, both for private companies (e.g. Spain, EU) and public agencies (e.g. in African countries).
Renewable market design and policies (targets, auctions, regulation and adaptation of electricity markets, financial instruments, industrial policy, access to energy).
Valuations and regulatory and commercial due diligences in transactions.
Socio-economic and macroeconomic benefits of the energy transition, such as those evaluated in collaboration with the German Presidency of the G20, IRENA, the OECD and the International Energy Agency.
Latin American renewables market: economic and energy trends, legislative framework by country, key actors and institutions, investment trends, financial/regulatory barriers.
Energy planning at global, regional (e.g. G20, South East Asia) and national levels, with a focus on the role of renewables.
Development of the MASTER.SO model of the Spanish energy sector (all sources and sectors) used by the Commission of Experts for the Energy Transition.
Corporate strategy for large Spanish utility, modelling the Iberian electricity market (game theory) to project financial statements under different investment plans.
Public portfolio
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Media appearance, podcast (2022)
BBC World Service, The Climate Question”Could Chile be a climate leader?“As from minute 12
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Media appearance, press (2022)
Article in press, “Energy, climate and war crisis —How to get energy in a perfect storm?”
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Webinar, Grid Modernization Actions to Improve Renewable Energy Integration (2022)
On April 20, 2022, USAID’s Scaling Up Renewable Energy (SURE) program hosted a webinar to discuss the types and sequence of investments as well as actions required to manage the flexibility needed for successful grid integration of renewables. Experts compared the different approaches taken in Colombia, Kazakhstan, and India and summarized the costs and investment sequence for implementing these grid improvements.
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PV self-consumption market in Spain (2021)
During my time at KPMG, I co-led a project for the Ministry on the size and segmentation of the PV self-consumption market in Spain. Analysis and modelling of technical, economic and real potentials for PV self-consumption, based on big data and geolocation techniques applied to information on close to 30 million consumers regarding building stocks, consumed power (peak and curve shape), economic profitability analysis and non-economic barriers.
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PhD reference, Pedro Linares (2017)
Public reference from my PhD advisor with an overview of my thesis
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PhD Thesis (2014)
Title: “Evaluation and Design of Sustainable Energy Policies: an Application to the Case of Spain”.
Supervisors: Dr. Ignacio Pérez-Arriaga and Dr. Pedro Linares.
PhD collaborating with & financed by BP
Methodology used for strategy analysis by key utilities (USD 5+ bln. market cap.); and for Energy Transition law by policymakers.
Findings published in the leading journal “Energy Policy” and presented at multiple international conferences.
Research stay in summer 2012 at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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Masters on Power Sector Economics and Regulation (2009)
Masters thesis: “Long Term Issues to be Addressed by Regulators in Liberalised Electricity Systems: Generation Adequacy and Indicative Planning. Justification, Available Mechanisms, and a Simulation Study on Some Concrete Policies”.
Supervisors: Dr. Efraim Centeno and Dr. Julián Barquín.
MSc collaborating with & financed by Endesa.
Specialised in regulation of liberalised power sectors and modelling of electricity markets.
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Board of Directors, Spanish Association for Energy Economics (2018- ...)
The Spanish Association for Energy Economics (AEEE) was founded in 2004 in order to facilitate both professional communication and exchange of ideas between people interested in energy economics. I am a member of the board of directors since 2018, and before, I contributed to the creation of the Youth Chapter
