Biography:
Rafael Cossent is a Researcher at the Institute for Research in Technology (IIT) of ICAI School of Engineering at Comillas Pontifical University, where he acted as coordinator of the Research Unit on Smart and Sustainable Grids between 2016 and 2021. Additionally, he currently is the Codirector of the Chair for Hydrogen Studies and he has previously acted as coordinator of the BP Chair in Energy and Sustainability. Besides his research activities, he teaches on the regulation of network activities in the power sector. Rafael holds an Industrial Engineering degree from Comillas Pontifical University-ICAI and a PhD. degree in Electrical Engineering from the same university. Throughout his academic career, he has participated in over 50 research and consultancy projects dealing with power sector economics and regulation, integration of renewable and distributed generation, electric mobility, smart grids, and decarbonization and energy transition. He has published over 50 papers in national and international journals and conference proceedings on these topics. Rafael Cossent has been a visiting researcher at INESC (Porto-Portugal) and at Heriot-Watt University (Edimburgh-Scotland), and he has contributed to the on-line education program of the Florence School of Regulation.
Areas of interest:
Power system economics and regulation, energy transition, integration of renewable and distributed generation, smart grids, hydrogen and decarbonization.
Herding, L., Pérez-Bravo, M., Barrella, R., Cossent, R., Rivier, M., Large-scale estimation of electricity distribution grid reinforcement requirements for the energy transition – A 2030 Spanish case study. Energy Reports. Vol. 12, pp. 5432 - 5444, December 2024. [Online: November 2024] 
JCR-JIF: 4,700 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 1,072 Q2 (2023) Herding, L., Carvalho, L., Cossent, R., Rivier, M., A security-aware dynamic hosting capacity approach to enhance the integration of renewable generation in distribution networks. International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems. Vol. 161, pp. 110210-1 - 110210-13, October 2024. [Online: September 2024]
JCR-JIF: 5,000 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 1,711 Q1 (2023)
JCR-JIF: 4,800 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 1,232 Q1 (2023) Rodríguez Pérez, N., Matanza, J., López, G., Cossent, R., Chaves, J.P., Mateo, C., Gómez, T., Sánchez Fornié, M.A., Measuring the digitalisation of electricity distribution systems in Europe: towards the smart grid. International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems. Vol. 159, pp. 110009-1 - 110009-9, August 2024. [Online: April 2024]
JCR-JIF: 5,000 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 1,711 Q1 (2023)
JCR-JIF: 4,800 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 1,232 Q1 (2023) De Rosa, L., Martínez, M., Linares, J.I., Mateo, C., Gómez, T., Cossent, R., Postigo Marcos, F., Sánchez, A., Martín, F., 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]
JCR-JIF: 4,700 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 1,072 Q2 (2023) Ruiz, M.A., Gómez, T., Chaves, J.P., Cossent, R., Regulatory challenges for energy infrastructure—Do electricity distribution remuneration schemes in Europe promote the use of flexibility from connected users?. Current Sustainable/Renewable Energy Reports. Vol. 10, nº. 3, pp. 112 - 117, September 2023. [Online: June 2023]
SJR: 0,769 Q1 (2023); 0,769 Q1 (2023)
JCR-JIF: 4,800 Q1 (2023); - SJR: 1,232 Q1 (2023);
JCR-JIF: 1,900 Q3 (2022); 1,800 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 0,744 Q2 (2022); 0,637 Q2 (2023) Izadkhast, S., Cossent, R., Frías, P., García-González, P., Rodriguez, A., Performance evaluation of a BESS unit for black start and seamless islanding operation. Energies. Vol. 15, nº. 5, pp. 1736-1 - 1736-21, March 2022. [Online: February 2022]
JCR-JIF: 3,200 Q3 (2022); 3,000 Q3 (2023) - SJR: 0,632 Q1 (2022); 0,651 Q1 (2023)
JCR-JIF: 5,405 Q1 (2021); 4,800 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 1,200 Q1 (2021); 1,232 Q1 (2023) 
Valor, C., Lind, L., Cossent, R., Escudero, C., Understanding the limits to forming policy-driven markets in the electricity sector. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. Vol. 40, pp. 645 - 662, September 2021. [Online: November 2021]
JCR-JIF: 9,377 Q1 (2021); 5,700 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 2,573 Q1 (2021); 2,357 Q1 (2023) Potenciano Menci, S., Le Baut, J., Matanza, J., López, G., Cossent, R., Pío Silva, M., A novel methodology for the scalability analysis of ICT systems for smart grids based on SGAM: the InteGrid project approach. Energies. Vol. 13, nº. 15, pp. 3818-1 - 3818-24, August 2020. [Online: July 2020]
JCR-JIF: 3,004 Q3 (2020); 3,000 Q3 (2023) - SJR: 0,598 Q2 (2020); 0,651 Q1 (2023) Postigo Marcos, F., Mateo, C., Gómez, T., Cossent, R., Location and sizing of micro-grids to improve continuity of supply in radial distribution networks. Energies. Vol. 13, nº. 13, pp. 3495-1 - 3495-21, July 2020. [Online: July 2020]
JCR-JIF: 3,004 Q3 (2020); 3,000 Q3 (2023) - SJR: 0,598 Q2 (2020); 0,651 Q1 (2023)
JCR-JIF: 2,922 Q3 (2019); 5,400 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 0,999 Q1 (2019); 1,381 Q1 (2023)
JCR-JIF: 12,110 Q1 (2019); 16,300 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 3,632 Q1 (2019); 3,596 Q1 (2023)
JCR-JIF: 5,042 Q1 (2019); 9,300 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 2,168 Q1 (2019); 2,388 Q1 (2023)
JCR-JIF: 4,674 Q1 (2018); 6,000 Q2 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2018); 1,311 Q1 (2023)
JCR-JIF: 10,556 Q1 (2018); 16,300 Q1 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2018); 3,596 Q1 (2023)
JCR-JIF: 4,418 Q1 (2018); 5,000 Q1 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2018); 1,711 Q1 (2023)
JCR-JIF: 3,610 Q1 (2017); 5,000 Q1 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2017); 1,711 Q1 (2023)
JCR-JIF: 1,619 Q3 (2017); 1,900 Q3 (2023) - SJR: Q2 (2017); 0,577 Q2 (2023)
JCR-JIF: 4,374 Q1 (2017); 6,000 Q2 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2017); 1,311 Q1 (2023)
JCR-JIF: 2,688 Q2 (2016); 3,300 Q2 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2016); 1,029 Q1 (2023)
JCR-JIF: Q1 (2014); 5,000 Q1 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2014); 1,711 Q1 (2023)
JCR-JIF: 1,236 Q2 (2013); 3,800 Q2 (2023) - SJR: Q2 (2013); 0,889 Q1 (2023)
JCR-JIF: 2,723 Q1 (2011); 9,300 Q1 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2011); 2,388 Q1 (2023)
JCR-JIF: 1,768 Q1 (2011); 4,000 Q1 (2023) - SJR: Q2 (2011); 1,128 Q2 (2023)
JCR-JIF: 2,678 Q1 (2011); 6,500 Q1 (2023) - SJR: Q1 (2011); 3,827 Q1 (2023)
JCR-JIF: 1,562 (2010); 3,300 Q2 (2023) - SJR: 1,029 Q1 (2023)
JCR-JIF: 1,613 (2009); 5,000 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 1,711 Q1 (2023)
JCR-JIF: 2,436 (2009); 9,300 Q1 (2023) - SJR: 2,388 Q1 (2023) 
