Biography:
Carlos Mateo Domingo got his degree in Industrial Engineering from the Universidad Pontificia Comillas, and his diploma on Computer Engineering from the U.N.E.D, in 2000. He joined the Institute for Research in Technology in 2001 and got the Ph.D. in Industrial and Computer Engineering in 2007 with a thesis on Modes of Elastic Wave Propagation in Electrical Cables. He has been coordinator of the Smart and Sustainable Grids area in IIT, and currently, he is coordinator of the Master in Smart Grids. He is specialized in the electricity power system and in particular in distribution network modelling and in the assessment of the impact of distributed energy resources. He has participated in several European research projects (MERGE, IMPROGRESS, ADVANCED, SUSTAINABLE, PV-GRID,…), collaborated with the industry and with Spanish institutions (CNMC, Iberdrola, Ormazabal,…) and participated in international research projects with prestigious and renowned institutions (MIT, NREL, World Bank,…). He has collaborated in the creation of the DSO Observatory for the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. He has taken part in the SMART-DS project with NREL and MIT to build large-scale synthetic networks for the U.S. Department of Energy. In the context of this collaboration, he has been visiting researcher at NREL and MIT. He has also collaborated with the World Bank to analyze the impact of demand response in Central America, and with MIT to propose electrification solutions in developing countries. He has the accreditations of three six-year research in Engineering and Architecture (Communication Engineering, Computing and Electronics), for the periods 2003-8, 2009-14, and 2015-20, as well as the ANECA and ACAP Certifications of PhD assistant professor.
Areas of interest:
Models of electricity distribution networks. Integration of distributed energy resources.
Skills:
Meta-heuristics Image processing
M. Massano, C. Mateo, E. Macii, E. Patti, L. Bottaccioli, "A scalable and flexible solution to evaluate the effects of the integration of photovoltaic distributed generation systems within the electrical grid", Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, Vol. 43, pp. 101732, September 2025. [Online: May 2025] doi: 10.1016/j.segan.2025.101732
P. Mascherbauer, M. Martínez, C. Mateo, S. Yu, L. Kranzl, "Analyzing the impact of heating electrification and prosumaging on the future distribution grid costs", Applied Energy, Vol. 387, pp. 125563, June 2025. [Online: March 2025] doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2025.125563
M. Martínez, C. Mateo, T. Gómez, B. Alonso Santos, P. Frías, "Distributed battery energy storage systems for deferring distribution network reinforcements under sustained load growth scenarios", Journal of Energy Storage, Vol. 100, nº. Part A, pp. 113404, October 2024. [Online: August 2024] doi: 10.1016/j.est.2024.113404
M. Martínez, C. Mateo, T. Gómez, B. Alonso Santos, P. Frías, "A hybrid particle swarm optimization approach for explicit flexibility procurement in distribution network planning", International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Vol. 161, pp. 110215, October 2024. [Online: September 2024] doi: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2024.110215
N. Rodríguez Pérez, J. Matanza, G. López, R. Cossent, J.P. Chaves, C. Mateo, T. Gómez, M.A. Sánchez Fornié, "Measuring the digitalisation of electricity distribution systems in Europe: towards the smart grid", International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Vol. 159, pp. 110009, August 2024. [Online: April 2024] doi: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2024.110009
G.L. Rajora, M.A. Sanz-Bobi, C. Mateo, L. Bertling Tjemberg, "An Open-Source Tool-Box for Asset Management based on the asset condition for the Power System", IEEE Access, Vol. 13, pp. 49174 - 49186, 2025. [Online: March 2025] doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3551663
M. Massano, C. Mateo, E. Macii, E. Patti, L. Bottaccioli, "A scalable and flexible solution to evaluate the effects of the integration of photovoltaic distributed generation systems within the electrical grid", Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, Vol. 43, pp. 101732, September 2025. [Online: May 2025] doi: 10.1016/j.segan.2025.101732
P. Mascherbauer, M. Martínez, C. Mateo, S. Yu, L. Kranzl, "Analyzing the impact of heating electrification and prosumaging on the future distribution grid costs", Applied Energy, Vol. 387, pp. 125563, June 2025. [Online: March 2025] doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2025.125563
M. Martínez, C. Mateo, T. Gómez, B. Alonso Santos, P. Frías, "Distributed battery energy storage systems for deferring distribution network reinforcements under sustained load growth scenarios", Journal of Energy Storage, Vol. 100, nº. Part A, pp. 113404, October 2024. [Online: August 2024] doi: 10.1016/j.est.2024.113404
M. Martínez, C. Mateo, T. Gómez, B. Alonso Santos, P. Frías, "A hybrid particle swarm optimization approach for explicit flexibility procurement in distribution network planning", International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Vol. 161, pp. 110215, October 2024. [Online: September 2024] doi: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2024.110215
N. Rodríguez Pérez, J. Matanza, G. López, R. Cossent, J.P. Chaves, C. Mateo, T. Gómez, M.A. Sánchez Fornié, "Measuring the digitalisation of electricity distribution systems in Europe: towards the smart grid", International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Vol. 159, pp. 110009, August 2024. [Online: April 2024] doi: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2024.110009
C. Mateo, F. Postigo Marcos, T. Elgindy, A.B. Birchfield, P. Dueñas, B. Palmintier, N. Panossian, T. Gómez, F. de Cuadra, T.J. Overbye, F. Safdarian, D. Wallison, "Building and validating a large-scale combined transmission & distribution synthetic electricity system of Texas", International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Vol. 159, pp. 110037, August 2024. [Online: May 2024] doi: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2024.110037
L. De Rosa, M. Martínez, J.I. Linares, C. Mateo, T. Gómez, R. Cossent, F. Postigo Marcos, A. Sánchez, F. Martín, "Design and assessment of energy infrastructure in new decarbonized urban districts: a Spanish case study", Energy Reports, Vol. 11, pp. 4631 - 4641, June 2024. [Online: April 2024] doi: 10.1016/j.egyr.2024.04.037
D. Ziegler, G. Prettico, C. Mateo, T. Gómez, "Methodology for integrating flexibility into realistic large-scale distribution network planning using Tabu search", International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Vol. 152, pp. 109201, October 2023. [Online: May 2023] doi: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2023.109201
M. Martínez, A. Moreno, I. Angulo, C. Mateo, A.D. Masegosa, A. Perallos, P. Frías, "Assessment of the impact of a fully electrified postal fleet for urban freight transportation", International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Vol. 129, pp. 106770, July 2021. [Online: February 2021] doi: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2021.106770
H. Li, J.L. Wert, A.B. Birchfield, T.J. Overbye, T. Gómez, C. Mateo, F. Postigo Marcos, P. Dueñas, T. Elgindy, B. Palmintier, "Building highly detailed synthetic electric grid data sets for combined transmission and distribution systems", IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy, Vol. 7, pp. 478 - 488, 2020. [Online: October 2020] doi: 10.1109/OAJPE.2020.3029278
F. Postigo Marcos, C. Mateo, T. Gómez, R. Cossent, "Location and sizing of micro-grids to improve continuity of supply in radial distribution networks", Energies, Vol. 13, nº. 13, pp. 3495, July 2020. [Online: July 2020] doi: 10.3390/en13133495
C. Mateo, J.A. Talavera, "Short-time fourier transform with the window size fixed in the frequency domain (STFT-FD): implementation", SoftwareX, Vol. 8, pp. 5 - 8, December 2018. [Online: December 2017] doi: 10.1016/j.softx.2017.11.005
F. Postigo Marcos, C. Mateo, T. Gómez, B. Palmintier, B.M. Hodge, V. Krishnan, F. de Cuadra, B. Mather, "A review of power distribution test feeders in the United States and the need for synthetic representative networks", Energies, Vol. 10, nº. 11, pp. 1896, November 2017. [Online: November 2017] doi: 10.3390/en10111896
C. Mateo, P. Frías, A. Sánchez, "Distribution planning with hourly profiles for analysing electric vehicle charging strategies", International Journal of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles, Vol. 8, nº. 1, pp. 1 - 18, June 2016. doi: 10.1504/IJEHV.2016.076959
V. Krishnan, B. Palmintier, B.M. Hodge, E.T. Hale, T. Elgindy, B. Bugbee, M.N. Rossol, A.J. Lopez, D. Krishnamurthy, C.R. Vergara Ramírez, C. Mateo, F. Postigo Marcos, F. de Cuadra, T. Gómez, P. Dueñas, M. Luke, V. Li, M. Vinoth, S. Kadankodu, "Smart-DS: synthetic models for advanced, realistic testing: distribution systems and scenarios", presented at Technical Conference to Increase Real-Time and Day-Ahead Efficiency Through Software - FERC 2017, Washington, United States of America, 26-28 June 2017
F. de Cuadra, P. Dueñas, E. Sánchez-Jacob, S. Díaz-Pastor, O. Rico, R. Palacios, I.J. Pérez-Arriaga, C. Mateo, F. García-Amorena, S.J. Lee, A. González-García, C. Domínguez, D. Mazzoni, N. Narayan, "Rwanda. National Integrated Clean Cooking Plan report". Project: Rwanda-SE4All-2023. Funded by Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All). Feb/2026. IIT-26-057I
M. Martínez, F. Martín, A. Ramos, C. Mateo, T. Gómez, J.P. Chaves, "Cuantificación de los beneficios técnico-económicos del despliegue del almacenamiento distribuido y la respuesta de la demanda.". Project: SAMSO_BATERIAS_DR_2024. Funded by Samso EDS S.L, UNEF, AEPIBAL, PIMEC, OCTOPUS. Aug/2025. IIT-25-224I
M. Gržanić, K. Šepetanc, M.F. Simões, F.J. Soares, A. Churkin, E. Martines Cesena, B. Mohandes, F. Capitanescu, M.I. Alizadeh, M.A. Sanz-Bobi, C. Mateo, T. Gibon, S. Bednarova, "Tools test and validation results". Project: ATTEST / WP7 / D7.2. Funded by Comisión Europea whitin "Horizon 2020 – Cooperation / Energy". Oct/2023. IIT-23-457I
C. Mateo, P. Frías, J. Reneses, R. Cossent, R. Lama, M. Di Napoli, L. Bazzani, F. Cazzato, B. Barth, H. Loew, E. Collado, Z. Musilova, D. Busek, P.M. Sonvilla, E. Binda Zane, O. Franz, R. Hermes, G. Concas, M. Rekinger, D. Craciun, M. Vandenbergh, V. Helmbrecht, "European advisory paper". Project: PV GRID / WP4 / D3.2. Funded by Comisión Europea whitin "Intelligent Energy-Europe (IEE)". Jul/2014. IIT-14-115I
B. Barth, G. Concas, R. Cossent, O. Franz, P. Frías, R. Hermes, R. Lama, H. Loew, C. Mateo, M. Rekinger, P.M. Sonvilla, M. Vandenbergh, E. Binda Zane, D. Busek, E. Collado, D. Craciun, M. Di Napoli, V. Helmbrecht, Z. Musilova, J. Reneses, "PV GRID advisory paper: consultation version: key recommendations". Project: PV GRID / WP4. Funded by Comisión Europea whitin "Intelligent Energy-Europe (IEE)". Dec/2013. IIT-13-190I
M. Vandenbergh, D. Craciun, V. Helmbrecht, R. Hermes, R. Lama, P.M. Sonvilla, M. Rekinger, G. Concas, H. Loew, C. Mateo, P. Frías, E. Collado, Z. Musilova, D. Busek, "Prioritisation of technical solutions available for the integration of PV into the distribution grid". Project: PV GRID / WP3 / D3.1. Funded by Comisión Europea whitin "Intelligent Energy-Europe (IEE)". Jun/2013. IIT-13-189I
C. Mateo, P. Frías, "Upgrades in the distribution networks with hign penetration of EV. Recommendations regarding the best planning practices combined with the most efficient strategies for charging EV to be followed by the DSO". Project: MERGE / WP4-T4.1 / D4.1. Funded by Comisión Europea whitin "FP7 - Cooperation / Energy". Oct/2011. IIT-11-222I
R. Cossent, L. Olmos, T. Gómez, C. Mateo, F. Nieuwenhout, C. Obersteiner, Ö. Özdemir, D. Trebolle, J. Poot, M. Bongaerts, B. Doersam, "The role of alternative network response options in minimising the costs of DG integration into power networks". Project: IMPROGRES / WP5 / D6. Funded by Comisión Europea whitin "Intelligent Energy-Europe (IEE)". Mar/2010. IIT-10-069I
L. Olmos, R. Cossent, T. Gómez, C. Mateo, J. de Joode, M. Scheepers, F. Nieuwenhout, J. Poot, M. Bongaerts, D. Trebolle, B. Doersam, S. Bofinger, U. Cali, N. Gerhardt, "Case studies of system costs of distribution areas". Project: IMPROGRES / WP4 / D5. Funded by Comisión Europea whitin "Intelligent Energy-Europe (IEE)". Sep/2009. IIT-09-091I
R. Amatya, M. Barbar, M. Brusnahan, P. Ciller, F. de Cuadra, P. Dueñas, D. Ellman, A. González-García, S.J. Lee, C. Mateo, R. Palacios, I.J. Pérez-Arriaga, R.J. Stoner, C.R. Vergara Ramírez, et al., "Computer-aided electrification planning in developing countries: the Reference Electrification Model (REM)", September 2018. IIT-18-112A.