10th HAEE Energy Transition Symposium

Academic Papers Presentations

📅 Thursday, 5 June 2025

⏳ 9.15-15.45

ACADEMIC SESSION 1: “FINANCING, GOVERNANCE & POLICY FOR ENERGY TRANSITION”

Chair: Georgia Giannakidou, PhD candidate and Research Associate

1) Institutional Investors and Stringent Climate Policies (presentation)
Author: Roberto Cardinale, Sarah Najm
Presenter: Roberto Cardinale, Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, University College London, United Kingdom

2) NETZEROCITIES 2030: A RACE TO ZERO: Cutting-Edge International Accounting Standards and Kalamata’s Climate Contract for a Carbon-Free Future 
Author: Dimitrios Koutsouroupas, Vassileios Giannopoulos
Presenter: Dimitrios Koutsouroupas, University of the Peloponnese

3) Enhancing Energy Security Through Financial Markets’ Trading: A Bridge for Energy Transition (presentation)
Author: Athanasios Rentiniotis, Efstathios Konstantinidis
Presenter: Athanasios Rentiniotis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Macedonia

4) Regulatory and market screening analysis of offshore solar requirements in EU Mediterranean Countries (presentation)
Author: Johnny Meit, Brigitte Vlaswinkel, Aurelio Negri
Presenter: Johnny Meit, Oceans of Energy

ACADEMIC SESSION 2: “RENEWABLE INTEGRATION, ENERGY SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION”
Chair: Ilias Tsopelas, Energy analyst, HAEE

1) Improving Energy Security through Electricity Storage in Open and Semi-Open Markets 
Author: Steivan Defilla
Presenter: Steivan Defilla, APEC Sustainable Energy Center

2) Energy Forecasting at the Secondary Substation Level for DSO Participation in Residential Local Flexibility Markets (presentation)
Author: Νikolaos Fesakis, Theodore Tranos, Thomas Vasileiou, Maria Koutsoupidou, Sotirios Christopoulos, Georgios Loukos
Presenter: Thomas Vasileiou, Research and Innovation Department, HEDNO

3) CHARTING THE ENERGY TRANSITION: Rethinking Green Policy Strategy and Sustainable Technology Integration for Energy Efficiency Gains – Sectoral Evidence from Europe (presentation)
Author: Nikos Chatzistamoulou, Andriana G. Dimakopoulou
Presenter: Nikos Chatzistamoulou, Department of Economics, Laboratory of Economics of Strategy, Innovation and Sustainability – LENS, University of Patras

4) Navigating Electricity Market Design of Greece: Challenges and Reform Initiatives (presentation)
Author: Eleni Ntemou, Filippos Ioannidis, Kyriaki Kosmidou, Kostas Andriosopoulos
Presenter: Eleni Ntemou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

ACADEMIC SESSION 3: “ENERGY ACCESS & COMMUNITY-BASED TRANSITIONS”
Chair: Vasiliki Gemeni, Research associate, HAEE

1) What can be done to eliminate urban-rural divides in electrification rates to establish equitable energy accessibility across South Asia? 
Author: Muntasir Murshed, A.K.M. Atiqur Rahman
Presenter: Muntasir Murshed, North South University, Bangladesh

2) Decentralised District Heating in the EU: Evaluating the Paradox and Proposing a Framework for Energy Community Expansion (presentation)
Author: Eirini Sampson, Zen Makuch
Presenter: Eirini Sampson, Imperial College London

3) Life - Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) of Energy Interventions in Hellenic Building Stock with Emphasis on the Replacement of the Heating System/ Production of Domestic Hot Water (presentation)
Author: Platon Pallis, Sotirios Karellas, Antonios Liolios
Presenter: Antonios Liolios, Enaon Sustainable Networks Single Member Société Anonyme

4) Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of tree planting and seedling production in the LIFE Terra Project (presentation)
Author: Argyro Aliki Zioga, Stavros Gennitsaris, Christos Emmanuel Papadelis, Dimitrios Sotirios Kourkoumpas, Angeliki Sagani
Presenter: Argyro Aliki Zioga, Centre for Research & Technology Hellas /Chemical Process and Energy Resources Institute (CERTH/CPERI)

5) Life cycle evaluation of innovative solid state transformer (presentation)
Author: Aikaterini-Maria Zarogianni, Marianna Kama, Dimitrios-Sotirios Kourkoumpas, Maria Fotopoulou, Dimitrios C. Rakopoulos
Presenter: Aikaterini-Maria Zarogianni

ACADEMIC SESSION 4: “LOW-CARBON FUELS & SECTORAL DECARBONIZATION”
Chair: Ilias Tsopelas, Energy analyst, HAEE

1) Modeling Adaptive Strategies Technologies Towards Climate-Neutral Shipping (presentation)
Author: Olympia Nisiforou, Chris Deranian, Angelos Alamanos, Jorge Andres, Garcia, Phoebe Koundouri
Presenter: Chris Deranian, Athens University of Economics and Business

2) Natural Gas: Overcoming the Challenges to Gas Turbines in Adopting Carbon Capture Utilization & Storage (presentation)
Author: Hemmat Safwath
Presenter: Hemmat Safwat, Energy Development Services

3) A possible step forward to green hydrogen expansion (presentation)
Author: Vincenzo D'Ascanio
Presenter: Vincenzo D'Ascanio, Tiemes srl

4) Evaluating the Greek National Energy and Climate Plan: Water-Energy Emissions Assessment for the Industry Sector (presentation)
Author: Stathis Devves, Giannis Arampatzidis, Angelos Alamanos, Phoebe Koundouri
Presenter: Stathis Devves, Athens University of Economics and Business

5) Better Safe than Sorry! Fire and Flood Hazards to PV Parks (presentation)
Author: Aggelos Pallikarakis, Flora Konstantopoulou
Presenter: Aggelos Pallikarakis, EXERGIA S.A.

6) Domestic Solar Water Thermal Systems through Life Cycle Assessment 
Author: A. P. Vouros, M. Souliotis
Presenter: A. P. Vouros