Biography:
In September 2011, he joined the Institute for Research in Technology (IIT) as an invited student in the Intelligent Systems Area. He obtained an Industrial Engineering degree (major in Electrical) in June 2013, a Master's degree in Research in Engineering Systems Modeling in June 2015, and his Ph.D. in July 2017, all of them from Universidad Pontificia Comillas. During the Ph.D. student period, he made a 3-month stay in the Smart Polygeneration Microgrid (SPM) of the University of Genoa in Savona, where he was able to test his models. He has published several works about the electrical sector in high impact factor magazines and conferences, some at system level and also some focused on the consumers and deployment of distributed energy resources. He has also participated in technical studies and in book chapters together with other IIT researchers using his model, SPLODER. He is currently working as a Researcher at the Institute for Research in Technology (IIT) where he works on projects for companies from the electricity sector (Endesa, Iberdrola, Gas Natural…) and European projects (REDREAM, SOCIAREM). As a teacher, he has supervised final projects of degree, master or final degree projects and given classes of digital electronic systems at ICAI. Check more in Personal Website.
Areas of interest:
My research focuses on demand flexibility, energy usages, optimization models, and specifically on aggregation and microgrids issues. I am developing studies in electrical systems and the impact of different energy resources. I am also working with digital electronics systems for the control and monitoring of residential consumption.
Experience:
Transmission Expansion Planning, DERs Optimization, Energy Management Systems, Flexibility bids.
Skills:
- Languages: Spanish (native), English (C2)
- Programming Languages: Python, C, C++, SQL
- Operating Systems: Windows, macOS
- Optimization: Classical, Stochastic
- Libraries and Frameworks: pyomo, gamspy, GAMS, Gurobi with C++, pyTorch
- Software Development Tools: Github, Sourcetree, Gitlab, Workbench, DBeaver
- Software: MPLAB X, GAMS, Visual Studio Code
- Hardware: Raspberry Pi, dsPIC, PIC32, Arduino
Current research interests:
Demand Response; Demand Flexibility; Energy Transition; Microgrids; Prosumer; Energy Communities; Aggregator; Transition towards electric-powered transport
T. Freire-Barceló, F. Martín, A. Sánchez, "Demand response cost analysis and its effect on system planning", International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Vol. 165, pp. 110483, April 2025. [Online: January 2025] doi: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2025.110483
JCR-JIF: 5,300 Q1 (2025); - SJR: 1,482 Q1 (2025); P. Calvo-Báscones, F. Martín, "Indicators for suitability and feasibility assessment of flexible energy resources", Applied Energy, Vol. 372, pp. 123834, October 2024. [Online: July 2024] doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.123834
JCR-JIF: 11,000 Q1 (2024); 12,200 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 2,902 Q1 (2024); 2,864 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 16,300 Q1 (2024); 18,000 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 3,901 Q1 (2024); 3,995 Q1 (2025) T. Freire-Barceló, F. Martín, A. Sánchez, "System planning with demand assets in balancing markets", International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Vol. 156, pp. 109747, February 2024. [Online: January 2024] doi: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2023.109747
JCR-JIF: 5,000 Q1 (2024); 5,300 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 1,714 Q1 (2024); 1,482 Q1 (2025) T. Freire-Barceló, F. Martín, A. Sánchez, "Demand response cost analysis and its effect on system planning", International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Vol. 165, pp. 110483, April 2025. [Online: January 2025] doi: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2025.110483
JCR-JIF: 5,300 Q1 (2025); - SJR: 1,482 Q1 (2025); P. Calvo-Báscones, F. Martín, "Indicators for suitability and feasibility assessment of flexible energy resources", Applied Energy, Vol. 372, pp. 123834, October 2024. [Online: July 2024] doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.123834
JCR-JIF: 11,000 Q1 (2024); 12,200 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 2,902 Q1 (2024); 2,864 Q1 (2025) 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
JCR-JIF: 5,100 Q2 (2024); 6,600 Q2 (2025) - SJR: 1,172 Q1 (2024); 1,197 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 16,300 Q1 (2024); 18,000 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 3,901 Q1 (2024); 3,995 Q1 (2025) T. Freire-Barceló, F. Martín, A. Sánchez, "System planning with demand assets in balancing markets", International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Vol. 156, pp. 109747, February 2024. [Online: January 2024] doi: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2023.109747
JCR-JIF: 5,000 Q1 (2024); 5,300 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 1,714 Q1 (2024); 1,482 Q1 (2025) S. Huclin, J.P. Chaves, A. Ramos, M. Rivier, T. Freire-Barceló, F. Martín, T. Gómez, A. Sánchez, "Exploring the roles of storage technologies in the Spanish electricity system with high share of renewable energy", Energy Reports, Vol. 8, pp. 4041 - 4057, November 2022. [Online: March 2022] doi: 10.1016/j.egyr.2022.03.032
JCR-JIF: 5,200 Q2 (2022); 6,600 Q2 (2025) - SJR: 0,973 Q2 (2022); 1,197 Q1 (2025) T. Freire-Barceló, F. Martín, A. Sánchez, M. Rivier, T. Gómez, S. Huclin, J.P. Chaves, A. Ramos, "Storage and demand response contribution to firm capacity: analysis of the Spanish electricity system", Energy Reports, Vol. 8, pp. 10546 - 10560, November 2022. [Online: August 2022] doi: 10.1016/j.egyr.2022.08.014
JCR-JIF: 5,200 Q2 (2022); 6,600 Q2 (2025) - SJR: 0,973 Q2 (2022); 1,197 Q1 (2025) 
T. Freire-Barceló, F. Martín, A. Sánchez, "A literature review of explicit demand flexibility providing energy services", Electric Power Systems Research, Vol. 209, pp. 107953, August 2022. [Online: April 2022] doi: 10.1016/j.epsr.2022.107953
JCR-JIF: 3,900 Q2 (2022); 4,300 Q2 (2025) - SJR: 1,099 Q1 (2022); 1,192 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 5,042 Q1 (2019); 9,300 Q1 (2025) - SJR: 2,168 Q1 (2019); 2,516 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 4,968 Q1 (2017); 10,100 Q1 (2025) - SJR: Q1 (2017); 2,060 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 4,968 Q1 (2017); 10,100 Q1 (2025) - SJR: Q1 (2017); 2,060 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 7,182 Q1 (2016); 12,200 Q1 (2025) - SJR: Q1 (2016); 2,864 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 2,688 Q2 (2016); 4,300 Q2 (2025) - SJR: Q1 (2016); 1,192 Q1 (2025)
JCR-JIF: 8,050 Q1 (2016); 18,000 Q1 (2025) - SJR: Q1 (2016); 3,995 Q1 (2025) 
