Twenty years of experience in managing staff and resources in the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell field, carrying out both management and technical activities related to the development of singular scientific and technical infrastructures such as the National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Testing Centre in Spain and R&D projects based the entire value chain (from green hydrogen production, storage, transport and end users applications using fuel cells)
It is important that women have the same professional opportunities as men to be recognized for their achievements and that we all work together as equals, without inequalities caused by gender.
María holds a degree in Environmental Sciences from the University of Alcalá in Madrid (Spain) with a Master's Degree in Renewable Energies and Energy Markets from the School of Industrial Organization and an MBA from the University of La Rioja.
She is currently working on her PhD focuses on the technical-economic issues and feasibility analysis with the aim of predicting the conditions under which hydrogen and fuel cell technologies will enter the market on a massive scale.
From 2005 to 2008, she was in charge of the Technical Secretariat of both the Spanish Hydrogen Association and the Spanish Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Platform.
From 2008 to 2018, she continued her professional development at the National Centre for Experimentation in Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies (CNH2) in Spain as Manager Director focusing her activity on the management of financial, research, technical, administrative and personnel resources.
From June 2018 to August 2022, she worked in the Renewable Gases Department at Enagás S.A., as a Hydrogen Innovation Coordinator, carrying out activities related to R&D projects, H2 strategic roadmap of the company, and analyzing the business development opportunities associated to renewable gases, etc.
Since August 2022 she is the European Hydrogen Research Leader at EPRI leading the Project “Enabling Renewable Hydrogen in Europe” which aims to accelerate the role of renewable hydrogen for a decarbonized and sustainable energy economy.
María has participated in more than 15 R&D projects, including GREEN HYSLAND, H2PORTS, HYACINTH and SEAFUEL. She is the author of more than 25 papers and 5 publications in important scientific journals. She has also collaborated as an associate lecturer in several Master's Degrees.
More than 20 contributions to several scientific and technical conferences, seminars and workshops:
▪ GREEN HYSLAND: Deployment of a Hydrogen ecosystem in the Island of Mallorca.
European Energy Conference (EHEC2022). Madrid (Spain)
▪ GREEN HYSLAND: Deploy ment of a Hydrogen ecosystem in the Island of Mallorca.
RENMAD Hidrógeno 2022. Zaragoza (Spain)
▪ Case Study: GREEN HYSLAND as an example of a Hydrogen Valley Initiative. World
Hydrogen Industry Conference 2022. Barcelona (Spain).
▪ H2 based Ecosystem in diffe rent environments: Experiences and best practices from
European Projects. European Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Conference ( EFC21). 2021 . Virtual
Conference in Italy.
▪ GREEN HYSLAND: Deployment of a Hydrogen ecosystem in the Island of Mallorca.
International Co nference on Polygeneration 2021. Zaragoza (Spain).
▪ Viability Analysis of Green Methanol Production Plant in Chile and Subsequently Transport
to Japan. World Hydrogen Technology Convention (WHTC2019). Tokyo (Japan).
▪ Viability Analysis of Undergrounbd Minin g using Green Hydrogen as a Fuel for the
Machinery. 22 nd World Hydrogen Energy Conference (WHEC 2018). Rio de Janeiro (Brasil).
▪ Viability Analysis of Centralized Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Production by Landfill Biogas.
22 nd World Hydrogen Energy Conferen ce (WHEC 2018 Rio de Janeiro (Brasil).
▪ Viab ility Analysis of Trains Hydrogen Refueling Stations using Electrolyzers. Contribution to
the 2 2 nd World Hydrogen Energy Conference (WHEC 2018). Rio de Janeiro (Brasil).
▪ Uso del Hidrógeno como reductor en Fundici ones de Cobre. XIV Congreso Internacional de
Energía y Recursos Minerales. 2018. Sevilla (Spain).
▪ Technical Economical Analysis for Green Ammonia Production Plant in Chile and it
subsequently transportation to Japan. European Hydrogen Energy Conference ( EHEC
2018). 2018. Málaga (Spain).
▪ HYACTINH , HYdrogen ACceptance IN the Transition pHAse. Congreso IBERCONAPPICE
2017. Huesca (Spain).
▪ Viability Analysis of Centralized Hydrogen Generation Plant For Use In Mobility Sector.
China International Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Conference & Exhibition (CHFCE 2017).
Beijing, China.
▪ Viability Analysis for Use Of Hydrogen As Fuel In Logistics Centers. WHTC2017, 7 th World
Hydrogen Technology Convention. 2016. Prague, (Czech Republic ).
▪ HYACTINH , HYdrogen ACceptance IN the Transition pHase. Public and stakeholder
acceptance of FCEV. Congreso EEVC 2017, European Battery, Hybrid & Fuel Cell Electric
Vehicle Congress. 2017. Génova (Italy).
▪ HYACTINH, HYdrogen ACceptance IN the Transition pHAse. EERA Conference 2016,
(Europe an Energy Research Alliance). 2016. Birmingham (UK).
▪ HYACTINH, HYdrogen ACceptance IN the Transition pHAse. Programme Review Days
2016. Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint undertaking (FCH JU). 2016. Bruselas (Belgium).
▪ HYACTINH, HYdrogen ACceptance IN the Trans ition pHAse. Energy and Environment
Knowledge Week, E2KW 2016 ’’. Paris (France).
▪ Sustainability of hydrogen refuelling stations for trains using electrolysers . International
Jour nal of Hydrogen Energy on October 2020 :
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360319920338106
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.10.044
▪ Technical economic analysis for green ammonia production plant in chile and its
subsequently transport to J apan . Renewable Energy, Volume 157, September 2020, Pages
404 414: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.05.041
▪ Viability analysis of underground mining machinery using green hydrogen as a fuel.
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy on August 2019. DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.07.250
▪ Viability analysis of centralized hydrogen generation plant for use in mobility sector. June
2018, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol.43, Issue 26:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360319918313703?via%3Dihub.
▪ Nested logic model to determine the expansion of fuel cell electric vehicles in Spa in.
Sensitivity analysis of the key attributes. May 2017, DYNA 92, no. 3 (2017). DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.6036/8093.
▪ HYACINTH Project Findings on stakeholders’ views on the social acceptance of hydrogen
fuel cell technologies. February, 2017, Energética XXI. Nº 163 January/February 2017. Pag.
66. http://www.energetica21.com/revistas digitales/enero febrero 2017#/66/ 66/.
▪ M.Jaén and G.Alcalde. Fuel cells systems public acceptance on stationary
applications. December 2016, Ecomotion (Technical Magazine of Sustainable
Mobility, Nº 4. Autumn 2016. Pages: 46 47
http://www.ecomotion.es/require/archivos/revistas/4/index.html