Biography:
Erik Alvarez was born in Lima (Peru) in 1992. He obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at the National University of Engineering (Peru) in 2016 and his Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering at the State University of Campinas (Brazil) in 2019. He has experience in power system planning studies since he worked at COES SINAC (Peruvian electrical independent system operator). His areas of interest are related to flexibilities in power transmission, convex relaxations applied to power system and stochastic optimization. And, he started to work as a researcher in the Energy Systems Modeling area of the Technological Research Institute (IIT) of the Comillas Pontifical University in Madrid in September 2019.
Areas of interest:
Energy management systems; Electric power transmission; Power system planning; Optimal power flow; Convex relaxations applied to power system optimization
JCR-JIF: 5,600 Q1 (2024); 5,700 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 1,378 Q1 (2024); 1,239 Q1 (2025) 
D. Santos Oliveira, S. Lumbreras, E. F. Álvarez, A. Ramos, L. Olmos, "Model-based energy planning: a methodology to choose and combine models to support policy decisions", International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Vol. 159, pp. 110048, August 2024. [Online: May 2024] doi: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2024.110048
JCR-JIF: 5,000 Q1 (2024); 5,300 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 1,714 Q1 (2024); 1,482 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 3,900 Q2 (2022); 4,300 Q2 (2025) - SJR: 1,099 Q1 (2022); 1,192 Q1 (2025) A. Ramos, E. F. Álvarez, S. Lumbreras, "OpenTEPES: Open-source transmission and generation expansion planning", SoftwareX, Vol. 18, pp. 101070, June 2022. [Online: May 2022] doi: 10.1016/j.softx.2022.101070
JCR-JIF: 3,400 Q2 (2022); 1,900 Q3 (2025) - SJR: 0,574 Q2 (2022); 0,499 Q2 (2025) S. Lumbreras, J.D. Gómez, E. F. Álvarez, S. Huclin, "The human factor in transmission network expansion planning: the grid that a sustainable energy system needs", Sustainability, Vol. 14, nº. 11, pp. 6746, June 2022. [Online: May 2022] doi: 10.3390/su14116746
JCR-JIF: 3,900 Q2 (2022); 4,100 Q2 (2025) - SJR: 0,664 Q1 (2022); 0,750 Q1 (2025) M. Romeo Monterde, E. F. Álvarez, M. Valarezo, "Non-Firm Grid Connections: A Review of Access Types, Mechanisms, and Regulatory Frameworks", Current Sustainable/Renewable Energy Reports, Vol. 12, nº. 1, pp. 23, December 2025. [Online: August 2025] doi: 10.1007/s40518-025-00268-7
SJR: 0,888 Q1 (2025); 0,888 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 5,600 Q1 (2024); 5,700 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 1,378 Q1 (2024); 1,239 Q1 (2025) D. Santos Oliveira, S. Lumbreras, E. F. Álvarez, A. Ramos, L. Olmos, "Model-based energy planning: a methodology to choose and combine models to support policy decisions", International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Vol. 159, pp. 110048, August 2024. [Online: May 2024] doi: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2024.110048
JCR-JIF: 5,000 Q1 (2024); 5,300 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 1,714 Q1 (2024); 1,482 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 3,900 Q2 (2022); 4,300 Q2 (2025) - SJR: 1,099 Q1 (2022); 1,192 Q1 (2025) A. Ramos, E. F. Álvarez, S. Lumbreras, "OpenTEPES: Open-source transmission and generation expansion planning", SoftwareX, Vol. 18, pp. 101070, June 2022. [Online: May 2022] doi: 10.1016/j.softx.2022.101070
JCR-JIF: 3,400 Q2 (2022); 1,900 Q3 (2025) - SJR: 0,574 Q2 (2022); 0,499 Q2 (2025) S. Lumbreras, J.D. Gómez, E. F. Álvarez, S. Huclin, "The human factor in transmission network expansion planning: the grid that a sustainable energy system needs", Sustainability, Vol. 14, nº. 11, pp. 6746, June 2022. [Online: May 2022] doi: 10.3390/su14116746
JCR-JIF: 3,900 Q2 (2022); 4,100 Q2 (2025) - SJR: 0,664 Q1 (2022); 0,750 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 2,995 Q2 (2020); 2,800 Q2 (2025) - SJR: 0,920 Q1 (2020); 0,696 Q2 (2025) 
