Visiting Professor: Benjamín González Díaz – Wydział Inżynierii i Technologii Chemicznej

Benjamín González Díaz

Benjamín J. González Díaz holds a PhD in Physics since 2008 and has been a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering since 2011. His scientific work has focused on various aspects related to the manufacturing of renewable energy systems, grid generation and management, and the political and social implications of the energy transition. He has worked on several research projects, both internationally, nationally, and regionally.

He has worked with research teams from several countries, including in Germany at the Fraunhofer ISE, in Colombia with EAN University, and in Singapore with the Solar Energy Research Institute. He currently coordinates the Thematic Interest Group on Energy Transition within the European University Alliance StarsEU. In terms of technological development and industry collaboration activities, he has led seven initiatives and participated in another 11.

In the field of university management, he served as Coordinator of Quality and Teaching Innovation at the School of Engineering and Technology from 2016 to 2017, Director of the Sustainability and University Services Secretariat from 2017 to 2019, Director of the International Interuniversity Continuing Education Master’s Degree in Energy Decarbonization in Emerging Countries, Coordinator of the Doctoral Program in Industrial, Computer Science, and Environmental Engineering, and a member of the Academic Committee of the Master’s Degree in Renewable Energies from 2011 to 2024.

Affiliation: University of La Laguna

Education: PhD in Physics

Specialisastion: Energy

Expertise: Renewable energy

Positions: Professor with tenure track in Electrical Engineering

Teaching: Wind power; photovoltaics, fundamentals of Electrical Engineering

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Selected papers

Escamilla-Fraile, Santiago, Rubén Lorenzo Cruz-González, Oscar García-Afonso, Francisco J. Calero-García, Benjamín González-Díaz, y Francisco J. Ramos-Real. «Scenario-Based analysis of energy transition for an outermost EU Territory: The case of Tenerife island». Energy Conversion and Management: X 26 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ECMX.2025.100917.

Escamilla-Fraile, Santiago, Francisco J. Ramos-Real, Francisco J. Calero-García, y Benjamín González-Díaz. «A Review of the Energy Policy and Energy Transition Objectives for 2040 in the Canary Islands (Spain)». Energies. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2023. https://doi.org/10.3390/EN16031321.

Ocaña, L. et al. (2023) «Evaluation of Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate, Methyl Methacrylate, and Polyvinylidene Fluoride as Encapsulating Materials for Perovskite-Based Solar Cells, Using the Low-Temperature Encapsulation Method in a Cleanroom Environment», Energies, 17(1), p. 60. Disponible en: https://doi.org/10.3390/EN17010060.

González-Díaz, E. et al. (2022) «Assessment of the Retrofit Strategies on Thermal Insulation Applied in Buildings Located on the Southern Border of the EU: The Case of the Canary Islands», Buildings, 12(11), p. 1994. Disponible en: https://doi.org/10.3390/BUILDINGS12111994.

Montes, C. et al. (2022) «Study of the Evolution of the Performance Ratio of Photovoltaic Plants Operating in a Utility-Scale Installation Located at a Subtropical Climate Zone Using Mixed-Effects Linear Modeling», Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 12(21). Disponible en: https://doi.org/10.3390/APP122111306.

Valizadeh, Hamed, David Cañadillas, Ricardo Guerrero‐Lemus, Jan Kleissl, y Benjamín González‐Díaz. «EDA‐based optimized global control for PV inverters in distribution grids». IET Renewable Power Generation 15, n.º 2 (2021): 382-96. https://doi.org/10.1049/RPG2.12031.

González-Díaz, B. et al. (2021) «On the road to a sustainable transport mobility in isolated power systems: The role of light-duty powertrain electrification», Journal of Cleaner Production, p. 128646. Disponible en: https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JCLEPRO.2021.128646.