Ginevra is an energy engineer passionate about sustainable energy as a driver for rural development. She holds a European double degree in Renewable Energies from École Polytechnique (France) and Instituto Superior Técnico (Portugal). Her interests lie at the intersection of energy, water, and agri-food systems, with a focus on developing integrated approaches to enhance community resilience and livelihoods. She is currently working with the non-governmental organization ICU (Istituto per la Cooperazione Universitaria), contributing to projects that promote access to clean energy and sustainable resource management in rural areas.

Rui Castro is a Full Professor at the Power Systems Section, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Técnico Lisboa (IST), University of Lisbon, and a researcher at INESC-ID. He lectures the IST Master’s Courses on “Renewable Energy and Dispersed Power Generation” and “Economics and Energy Markets” and the PhD Course on “Renewable Energy Resources”. He published three books, one from Springer and two from IST Press (in Portuguese). He has participated in several projects with the industry, namely with EDP group, REN (Portuguese Transmission System Operator) and ERSE (Portuguese Energy Regulator). He published more than 100 papers in top international journals, covering topics on renewable energy, the impact of PV systems on the LV distribution grid, demand side management, offshore wind farms, energy resource scheduling on smart grids, water-pumped storage systems, battery energy storage systems, economics and energy markets.