Agronomy Webinar | Electrification and Sustainable Energy Systems to Improve Agriculture and Rural Areas
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4th Agronomy Webinar
Electrification and Sustainable Energy Systems to Improve Agriculture and Rural Areas
According to the United Nations' sustainable objectives, agriculture is the single largest employer in the world, sustaining the livelihoods of 40 percent of the world’s population, many of whom continue to live in poverty. Agriculture uses a large amount of water, which in turn requires a lot of energy to be transformed to the point where it can actually be used. Such energy is usually electric, which implies a great economic cost as well as greenhouse gas emissions since it is usually of non-renewable origin. Today, rural areas are unpopulated, but this habit must begin to change. In addition, rural areas comprise the largest amount of crops on the planet.
Sustainable Energy Systems are the solution to many of the problems of the growth of energy demand, and, therefore, their sustainable development must begin to proliferate. These systems must be supported by renewable generation sources, distributed storage, and new control and management techniques. Sustainable Energy Systems should be implemented in modern agriculture and rural areas, allowing in the latter a more efficient and sustainable electrification.
With this scenario, this Special Issue is focused on electrification and sustainable energy systems to achieve an improvement in agriculture and rural areas. These developments will allow for a more sustainable and efficient agricultural system and rural areas.
Date: 18 January 2023
Time: 3:00 pm CET | 9:00 am EST | 10:00 pm CST Asia
Webinar ID: 872 4715 2279
Webinar Secretariat: agronomy.webinar@mdpi.com
Meet Our Speakers
Prof. Dr. Luís Hernández Callejo
Department of Agricultural and Forestry Engineering, University of Valladolid, Spain;
Prof. Dr. Luis Hernández-Callejo is currently a professor/researcher at the Department of Agricultural and Forestry Engineering, University of Valladolid. His research spans areas including renewable energy, photovoltaics, wind energy, microgrids, smart grids, smart cities, and artificial intelligence. Prof. Dr. Hernández-Callejo has numerous publications in Q1 journals, in the first positions in their respective areas. His publications have been cited an average of 80 times a year, an average of 23 times per article; he currently has an H-index of 21. In addition, Prof. Dr. Hernández-Callejo has extensive experience managing articles and Special Issues as an academic editor and reviewer for numerous leading journals. He also has participated in more than 10 national and international research projects, always on issues of renewable generation sources, microgrids, and smart grids.
Prof. Dr. Miguel-Ángel Muñoz-García
Dep. Agrofrorestry Engineering, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain;
Professor at the ETSI Agronomic, Food and Biosystems at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), since 2017 (before this, more than 15 years as Assistant and Associate Professor). Doctor by the UPM and Telecommunications Engineer. Training with various pre and postdoctoral courses, related to power electronics and photovoltaic energy (CIEMAT) as well as different courses and seminars received in the field of work in private companies. Research career spanning more than 20 years, including private companies (head of R&D projects), research centers (CIEMAT) and Public Universities (UC3M and UPM). Holder of three patents in operation. The last one, granted in 2022, consisting of a tool for the analisys of soiling effect over PV modules.
On Wednesday 18th January 2023, MDPI and the Journal Agronomy organized the 4th Webinar on Agronomy entitled “ Electrification and Sustainable Energy Systems to Improve Agriculture and Rural Areas”. This online seminar was chaired by Professor Dr. Miguel-Ángel Muñoz-García from the Department. Agrofrorestry Engineering, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain. He was joined by Prof. Dr. Carlos Meza from the Electrical, Mechanical, and Industrial Engineering Department at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Germany. He was also joined by Ms. María Beatriz Nieto Morone from Photovoltaic Solar Energy Unit, CIEMAT, E.T.S.I Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain.
Both speakers presented on the topic of photovoltaics in Agriculture and the current challenges in this field. The presentations were followed by a Q&A and a discussion, moderated by the Chair. The webinar was offered via Zoom and required registration to attend. The full recording can be found here on Sciforum website. In order to stay updated on the next webinars on Biomedicines be sure to sign up for our newsletter by clicking on “Subscribe” at the top of the page.
Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Luis Hernández-Callejo & Dr. Miguel-Ángel Muñoz-García
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2023