Rafael Guedez Mata

Rafael Guedez Mata is a Researcher at the Energy Department of KTH Royal Institute of Technology, specializing in techno-economic modeling for energy conversion and storage technologies. He holds a PhD from KTH and completed an executive program in Management and Leadership at MIT Sloan. His research focuses on optimizing solar power plants, thermal energy storage, and supercritical CO₂ systems, with projects funded by the EU, Swedish Energy Agency, and industry partners.

As a Principal Investigator (PI), he leads high-impact projects such as SOLARSCO2OL and SHARP-sCO₂, advancing hybrid solar and supercritical CO₂ technologies. He has supervised over 60 MSc theses and received the PhD Supervisor of the Year 2021 award. He teaches courses like Large Scale Solar Power (MJ2500) and Energy Storage Technology (MJ2386), and is Deputy Director of the Sustainable Energy Engineering MSc program.

His professional roles extend beyond academia: he co-founded Europe Power Solutions, advises firms like Naventus Corporate Finance and Odqa Renewable Energy Technologies, and previously worked at SolarReserve and Total’s Solar Energy division. His work bridges academia and industry, emphasizing sustainable energy solutions.

Key technical contributions include optimizing hybrid solar-PV plants, power-to-ammonia systems, and thermal storage integration. His publications (80+ papers) address system design, economic modeling, and climate resilience. Current projects include decarbonizing industrial sectors via power-to-heat systems and assessing environmental impacts of stationary batteries.