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News 2023
Wind energy under climate change - Professor Gregorio Iglesias
Professor Gregorio Iglesias recently delivered an engaging talk on his research in the area of wind energy under climate change as part of our Inaugural Professorial Lecture series.
Prof Iglesias is Professor of Marine Renewable Energy at UCC and Honorary Professor of Coastal Engineering at the University of Plymouth. He held a Marie Curie individual fellowship focused on the effects of wave farms on coastal processes (WaveImpact), and recently acted as an expert witness on behalf of Spain’s State Ports on the new, €500M breakwater at the Port of Gijon (Spain).
He is a member of the panel in charge of the IEC Standards for Wave Energy Device Development (scale-model testing) and previously served in the panel appointed by Spain’s State Ports to draft the new Spanish Standards for Maritime Works (ROM). Prof Iglesias regularly acts as a reviewer for a number of international journals and research councils, is a member of various Editorial Boards and the Subject Editor of Energy (Elsevier) for wave, tidal and hydropower.
Prof Iglesias has secured over €12M research income as Principal Investigator, published over 160 peer-reviewed journal papers, and has recently authored / edited: Wave and Tidal Energy (Wiley) and Ocean Energy and Coastal Protection (Springer). With 5459 citations, his h-index is 41.