PhD in agricultural engineering for the Polytechnic University of Madrid, she is the Head of the Energy System Analysis Unit of Energy since 2013.
Her main research activities have been focused in the economic evaluation of the external costs and benefits associated to the production and consumption of energy, the application of the ExternE methodology to the evaluation of externalities of energy and transport, Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of energy technologies and processes with special focus on biomass, biofuels and solar thermal technologies, environmentally and socially extended economic input output modelling to evaluate socioeconomic and environmental effects of energy technologies and energy system modelling using techno economic partial equilibrium optimization models.
She has participated in several European Commission and National research projects and has participated as evaluator in several international R&D programmes and is co-author of more than 80 papers and book chapters and more than 60 contributions to conferences and workshops.
Projects
- STRATEGY CCUS: STRATEGIC PLANNING OF REGIONS AND TERRITORIES IN EUROPE FOR LOW-CARBON ENERGY AND INDUSTRY THROUGH CCUS - Horizon 2020 (2019-2022).
- RETOPROSOST 2 - CM: Producción sostenible y simbiosis industrial en la Comunidad de Madrid - Community of Madrid (2019-2022).
- MUSTEC: MARKET UPTAKE OF SOLAR THERMAL ELECTRICITY THROUGH COOPERATION - Horizon 2020 (2017-2020).
- ELIGE: NUEVO CONCEPTO DE GENERACIÓN PORTÁTIL DE ENERGÍA BASADO EN HIDRÓGENO Y PILA DE COMBUSTIBLE ULTRALIGERA Y DE ALTA DENSIDAD DE POTENCIA (2015-2019).
- REPARA 2.0: Advanced and Sustainable Developments for Efficient Road Pavement Rehabilitation Techniques, program CIEN of the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (2015-2019).
Publications
Siala K, Dela Rúa C, Lechón Y, Hamacher T. Towards a Sustainable European Energy System: Linking Optimization Models with Multi-Regional Input-Output Analysis. Energy Strategy Reviews, Volume 26, November 2019, 100391.
Gamarra AR, Herrera I, Lechón Y. Assessing sustainability performance in the educational sector. A high school case study. Science of Total Environment, Volume 692, November 2019, Pages 465-478.
Lechón Y, De la Rúa C, Rodríguez-Serrano I, Caldés N. Socioeconomic implications of biofuels deployment through an Input-Output approach. A case study in Uruguay. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Volume 104, April 2019, Pages 178-191.
