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George Xydis has extensive experience in the wind energy sector, collaborating with developers, utilities, construction firms, universities, and research institutes. His professional background includes roles as a Wind Projects Development Coordinator at Iberdrola Renewables and a Wind Project Developer at Vector Hellenic Windfarms S.A. He also served as a Researcher at the Center for Electric Power and Energy in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark. In February 2017, he joined the Center for Energy Technologies at Aarhus University  as an Associate Professor and was promoted to Full Professor in January 2023. Since January 2024, he has been with the University of the Peloponnese, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Additionally, George was a co-founder of VerdeCube and has worked as an adjunct faculty member in the Energy Policy and Climate program at Johns Hopkins University, where he taught the course "Wind Energy: Science, Technology and Policy" (425.624.81). He has also undertaken freelance consulting for various institutes, universities, and SMEs. His research interests include Energy Planning, Wind Resource Assessment, Techno-economics of Renewable Energy Systems, Energy Demand, and Plant Factories. He has co-authored more than 150 publications in international journals and over 50 publications for international conferences, books, and book chapters. He holds an Integrated Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and a PhD from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece. George serves as an Associate/Deputy Editor in the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, the Journal of Business Analytics, and in Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy. Since May 2024, he serves as the Co-Editor-in-Chief of Cambridge Prisms: Energy Transitions.

Having studied and developed more than 1700 MW of Renewable Energy Projects (mainly wind) has gained significant experience in the field. Dealt with site topography identification, correlation of short-term data with long-term data, estimation of energy production, design & energy yield optimization, analysis of wind resource data from meteorological masts and maps, data mining and data analytics, energy & technical analyses, business plans etc. He has been involved in several EU research projects and fundraising activities. His main research activities include (but are not limited to):

• Energy Resources Optimization & Spatial Planning
• Data-driven Energy System Modeling
• Low Carbon Technologies and Built Environment
• ESGs & Just Transition
• Wind Resource Assessment
• Developing Wind Speed Prognostic Models
• Energy - Food Nexus in a Smart Community Approach
• Energy Demand and Indoor Vertical Farming
• Energy Forecasting and Grid Response
• Resource Efficiency, Sectorial Analysis, and Exergy Analysis
• Energy Demand and Electricity Markets
• Circular economy approaches in energy systems
• Techno-economic Assessment of Energy Projects

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