García Alejandro

Dr. García Alejandro

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Academic Career Length

9Years (2018-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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22 November 2025 in Electronics
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VRVictor Rubio
Victor Rubio
Juan Diego López ArquilloJuan Diego López Arquillo
Juan Diego López Arquillo
Cristiana OliveiraCristiana Oliveira
Cristiana Oliveira
The present integration of electric vehicles into everyday life has the potential to redefine current standards of urban mobility. However, the territorial impact of this deployment demands a multiscale effort to ensure both efficient and sustainable performance; this is even more necessary in a disconnected system like an island. This article addresses the possibility of transforming the existing fossil-fuel-based infrastructure within Europe’s outermost regions into an electric vehicle charging network, with particular emphasis on the Canary Islands’ strategic plans. Using official datasets from Red Eléctrica de España (REE), IDAE, and the Canary Islands’ Energy Transition Plan (PTECan), we develop three scenarios (2025 baseline, 2030, and 2040) to quantify the additional electricity demand, peak load requirements, charging infrastructure needs, and associated greenhouse gas emissions. The methodology combines EV fleet projections, the driving patterns of residents and tourists, and vehicle efficiency data to estimate yearly electricity demand and hourly charging loads. The carbon intensity profiles of each island’s grid are used to calculate well-to-wheel emissions of EVs, benchmarked against internal combustion engine vehicles. The results indicate that achieving 250,000 EVs by 2030 would increase electricity demand by 1.1–1.4 TWh/year (+8–12% of current consumption), requiring approximately 25,000–30,000 public charging points. EV emissions range from 90 to 150 gCO2/km depending on charging time, compared to 160–190 gCO2/km for ICE vehicles. Smart charging and vehicle-to-grid integration could mitigate 15–25% of peak load increases, reducing the curtailment of renewables and deferring grid investments. A comparative analysis with Zealand highlights policy synergies and differences in insular versus continental grids. The findings confirm that large-scale EV adoption in the Canary Islands is technically feasible, but quite difficult, as it requires the deep, coordinated planning of renewable expansion, storage, and a charging infrastructure. BEV WTW advantages become unequivocal once the average grid carbon intensity falls below ≈0.8–0.9 tCO2/MWh, underscoring the primacy of accelerated renewable build-out and demand-side flexibility. Despite uncertainties in adoption and technology trajectories, the approach is transparent and reproducible with official datasets, providing a transferable planning tool for other islanded systems and mainland Europe. The proposed method demonstrates its usefulness in direct linking electrification scenarios with the real capacity of the electricity system, allowing the identification of very critical integration thresholds and guiding evidence-based planning decisions.

25 September 2024 in European Public & Social Innovation Review
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Introducción: La investigación presenta la aplicación de una propuesta de gamificación y webquest como respuesta a la demanda de estrategias pedagógicas capaces de reformular los modelos existentes en el aprendizaje convencional de la Historia del Arte. Metodología: La metodología seguida articula las citadas herramientas, en un curso de la especialidad de Restauración de la Facultad de Bellas Artes, para diseñar una innovadora propuesta de aprendizaje cooperativo con actividades capaces de favorecer la adquisición por parte del alumnado de las competencias y objetivos previstos en la programación de asignatura. Resultados: La disposición de una rúbrica observacional de los ejercicios planteados permitió caracterizar la evolución progresiva en el desarrollo de las competencias y en el alcance de los objetivos previstos, confirmada en las calificaciones del examen y los trabajos obligatorios. Discusión: El recurso a un análisis mediante criterios DAFO para evaluar la experiencia facilitó la identificación debilidades y fortalezas de esta experiencia, permitiendo reformular y explorar nuevas vías metodológicas en el uso de las herramientas tecnológicas como recurso docente. Conclusiones: A partir de los resultados del curso, se valida la hipótesis inicial respecto a la mejora en el proceso de reconocimiento de imágenes artísticas mediante la combinación de gamificación y webquest.

31 December 2018 in i2 Investigación e Innovación en Arquitectura y Territorio
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ESEduardo Roig Segovia
Eduardo Roig Segovia

10 January 2022 in Arte, Individuo y Sociedad
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13 October 2025 in Land
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ESElena Agudo Sierra
Elena Agudo Sierra
Juan Diego López ArquilloJuan Diego López Arquillo
Juan Diego López Arquillo
PFPaula Aragón de Francisco
Paula Aragón de Francisco
MCMaría Clara García Carrillo
María Clara García Carrillo
TATelmo Zubiaurre Arrizabalaga
Telmo Zubiaurre Arrizabalaga
In the contemporary urban context, safety in public space presents profound inequalities linked to gender, especially in the night period. This research explores how the subjective perception of security in the central district of Madrid affects women’s mobility patterns and use of public space. Through a mixed methodology, which combines spatial analysis with sensitive cartographies and collective mapping, it seeks to make visible the conditions of (in)security experienced in the city. The approach adopts a feminist and multi-scalar perspective, ranging from the object to the district scale. The analysis is structured around four layers: mobility, urban environment, green areas and night-time uses. Tools such as Geographic Information Systems were used for the treatment of objective data and qualitative techniques such as interviews and tours accompanied by a set of subjective perceptions. The results show the existence of multiple barriers that condition women’s access to and enjoyment of public space, revealing a discrepancy between what is planned and what is lived. The final considerations anticipate the possibility of replicating the methodology applied in urban planning, proposing future strategies to build safer, more inclusive and sensitive environments to the diversity of their inhabitants.

21 June 2021 in Arte, Individuo y Sociedad
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