David Eduardo Watts

dwatts@uc.cl

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Economics Applied to Electricity and Natural Resources Markets; Regulation Operation and Planning of Electrical Energy Systems; Cascade Failures in Electrical Power Systems; FACTS and Integration of Wind Generators into Electrical Power Systems

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David Watts es economista e ingeniero eléctrico especializado en energía y mercados eléctricos. Es doctor, master of science y master of arts de The University of Wisconsin-Madison y magister e ingeniero eléctrico de la Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile.
Además de docencia en regulación, energía y electricidad, es consultor de empresas, inversionistas, gobiernos en diversos temas, participando en decenas de proyectos de energía renovable en Latinoamérica y el caribe.
En Chile ha participado en diversos proyectos de desarrollo regulatorio, desde la generación distribuida, net billing, PMGDs y cogeneración, hasta la transmisión troncal.
Fue uno de líderes del equipo UC encargado en el desarrollo de la recientemente promulgada de ley de transmisión eléctrica y coordinador independiente del sistema.
Ahora es uno de los líderes de la UC para la reforma regulatoria de distribución eléctrica, incluyendo temas como la electro-movilidad, generación ciudadana, redes inteligentes, etc.

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Economics Applied to Electricity and Natural Resources Markets; Regulation

Operation and Planning of Electrical Energy Systems; Cascade Failures in Electrical Power Systems; FACTS and Integration of Wind Generators into Electrical Power Systems

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Title	Year	Doi
Stochastic model for active distribution networks planning: An analysis of the combination of active network management schemes	2024	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2023.114156
From blackouts to breakthroughs: Examining electricity's relevance in healthcare during COVID-19 and the future role of renewable energy	2023	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2023.103224
Regulatory response to COVID-19 in the Ibero-American electricity sector: Policy implications and critical analysis of support measures	2023	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113852
Energy assistance programs in Ibero-America and their adaptation to the COVID-19 pandemic	2023	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2023.101052
Economic Model of Ancillary Services in Real Time for Frequency Control	2023	https://doi.org/10.3390/en16176378
The use of real options approach in solar photovoltaic literature: A comprehensive review	2023	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2023.103204
How does El Nino Southern Oscillation impact the wind resource in Chile? A techno-economical assessment of the influence of El Nino and La Nina on the wind power	2017	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2016.10.031
Financial risk reduction in photovoltaic projects through ocean atmospheric oscillations modeling	2017	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2016.11.034

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Joaquin Lazo
4 publications

Gerson Aguirre
1 publication

Juan Ovalle
1 publication

K. Balzer
1 publication