Professor, Head of Renewables & SmartGrids Group, Centre PERSEE of Mines Paris - PSL

Biography

Georges Kariniotakis (PhD, HdR, Prof.) started research in the field of wind energy integration 34 years ago, in 1989. He received his Eng. and M.Sc. degrees from Greece in 1990 and 1992 respectively, and his PhD degree from Ecole des Mines de Paris in 1996. He is currently Research Director at Mines Paris – PSL, and leading the Renewable Energies and Smart Energy Systems Group (ERSEI) at Center PERSEE. He has authored more than 320 scientific publications in journals and conferences. He has been involved as participant or coordinator in more than 55 R&D projects in the fields of renewable energies and smart-grids. Among them, he coordinated 3 major EU projects in the field of wind forecasting and integration (Anemos/FP5, Anemos.plus/FP6, SafeWind/FP7). Currently he coordinates the Smart4RES/H2020 project on RES forecasting and integration. His scientific interests include forecasting, RES integration, modelling, management and planning of power systems. He is Senior Member IEEE and member of several expert groups like ETIP SNET, EERA JP SG, the National CIRED Committee, the Steering Committee of Think SmartGrids and others.