Miguel Heleno

Miguel Heleno
Energy/Environmental Policy Research Scientist/Engineer
(510) 486-6779
Bio
Miguel Heleno is a Research Scientist at LBNL. He currently leads the Grid Planning and Economics team at the Grid Integration Group and coordinates the LBNL participation in the Microgrid R&D and the Advanced Grid Modeling Programs from the DOE Office of Electricity. He holds a MSc degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and a PhD in Sustainable Energy Systems from the University of Porto within the MIT Portugal Program. Miguel has more than 10 years’ experience in energy systems research and innovation, both in Europe and the United States, in the areas of grid optimization and planning, power systems economics and energy policy.
Publications
2023
5th generation district heating and cooling network planning: A Dantzig–Wolfe decomposition approach
01/2023
2022
2021
Self-consumption for energy communities in Spain: A regional analysis under the new legal framework
03/2021
2020
Environmental and economic optima of solar home systems design: A combined LCA and LCC approach
11/2020