George Xydis

George Xydis has extensive experience in the wind energy sector, collaborating with developers, utilities, construction firms, universities, and research institutes. His professional background includes roles as a Wind Projects Development Coordinator at Iberdrola Renewables and a Wind Project Developer at Vector Hellenic Windfarms S.A. He also served as a Researcher at the Center for Electric Power and Energy in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark. In February 2017, he joined the Center for Energy Technologies at Aarhus University as an Associate Professor and was promoted to Full Professor in January 2023. Since January 2024, he has been with the University of the Peloponnese, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Additionally, George was a co-founder of VerdeCube and has worked as an adjunct faculty member in the Energy Policy and Climate program at Johns Hopkins University, where he taught the course "Wind Energy: Science, Technology and Policy" (425.624.81). He has also undertaken freelance consulting for various institutes, universities, and SMEs. His research interests include Energy Planning, Wind Resource Assessment, Techno-economics of Renewable Energy Systems, Energy Demand, and Plant Factories. He has co-authored more than 150 publications in international journals and over 50 publications for international conferences, books, and book chapters. He holds an Integrated Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and a PhD from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece.