Markel Peñalba

Ikerbasque Research Fellow, Mondragon Unibertsitatea

Leader of the Offshore Technologies Research Line of the Fluid Mechanics group at Mondragon Unibertsitatea.

Research line:

Offshore Technologies & Green Hydrogen: Long-term resource variations and wind/wave extremes; Mathematical modelling of offshore renewable energy converters; Offshore green hydrogen generation.

OES-Blue Energy Collaborative Scholarship (2021), Pre-doctoral scholarship of the Science Foundation Ireland (2014-2018).

Previous research experience: COER-Maynooth University (Ireland), Tecnalia (Spain), ENSTA Bretagne (France), TU Clausthal (Germany).

PhD received in 2018 from the Maynooth University (Ireland) with a thesis focused on holistic mathematical modelling of marine renewable energy systems.

2024

Article / Effect of liner thermal properties and liner pre-cooling on the thermal management of fast-filling of hydrogen tanks

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Blanco-Aguilera, R.; Martinez-Agirre, M.; Berasategi, J.; Penalba, M.; Bou-Ali, M.M.; Shevtsova, V.

Article / A hybrid 1D-CFD numerical framework for the thermofluidic assessment and design of PEM fuel cell and electrolysers

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Berasategi, J.; Penalba, M.; Blanco-Aguilera, R.; Martinez-Agirre, M.; Bou-Ali, M.M.; Shevtsova, V.

Article / Techno-economic assessment of far-offshore hydrogen-carrying energy vectors off the Iberian Peninsula

Energy Conversion and Management

Gonzalez-Arceo, A.; Blanco-Aguilera, R.; Berasategi, J.; Martinez-Agirre, M.; Martinez, A.; Iglesias, G.; Penalba, M.

Article / Impact of operations and maintenance on the energy production of floating offshore wind farms across the North Sea and the Iberian Peninsula

Renewable Energy

Centeno-Telleria, M.; Yue, H.; Carrol, J.; Penalba, M.; Aizpurua, J.I.

Article / Evolution of the European offshore renewable energy resource under multiple climate change scenarios and forecasting horizons via CMIP6

Energy Conversion and Management

Barkanov, E.; Penalba, M.; Martinez, A.; Martinez-Perurena, A.; Zarketa-Astigarraga, A.; Iglesias, G.

Article / Control co-design for wave energy farms: Optimisation of array layout and mooring configuration in a realistic wave climate

Renewable Energy

Peña-Sanchez, Y.; García-Violini, D.; Penalba, M.; Zarketa-Astigarraga, A.; Ferri, F.; Nava, V.; Ringwood, J.V.

Article / O&M-aware techno-economic assessment for floating offshore wind farms: A geospatial evaluation off the North Sea and the Iberian Peninsula

Applied Energy

Centeno-Telleria, M.; Yue, H.; Carrol, J.; Aizpurua, J.I.; Penalba, M.

Article / Benchmarking of spectral methods for fatigue assessment of mooring systems and dynamic cables in offshore renewable energy technologies

Ocean Engineering

Martinez-Puente, E.; Zarketa-Astigarraga, A.; Martinez-Agirre, M.; Zabala, A.; Esnaola, J.A.; Muñiz-Calvente, M.; Llavori, I.; Penalba, M.

2023

Article / On the Definition of a Comprehensive Technology-Informed Accessibility Metric for Offshore Renewable Energy Site Selection

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering

Konuk, E.B.; Centeno-Telleria, M.; Zarketa-Astigarraga, A.; Aizpurua, J.I.; Giorgi, G.; Bracco, G.; Penalba, M.

Article / Bias correction techniques for uncertainty reduction of long-term metocean data for ocean renewable energy systems

Renewable Energy

Penalba, M.; Guo, C.; Zarketa-Astigarraga, A.; Cervelli, G.; Giorgi, G.; Robertson, B.

Article / Holistic and dynamic mathematical model for the assessment of offshore green hydrogen generation and electrolyser design optimisation

Energy Conversion and Management

Garibaldi, L.; Blanco-Aguilera, R.; Berasategi, J.; Martinez-Agirre, M.; Giorgi, G.; Bracco, G.; Penalba, M.

Article / A holistic optimization tool for the design of power take-off systems in realistic wave climates: The Wells turbine case

Ocean Engineering

Zarketa-Astigarraga, A.; Martin-Mayor, A.; Measo, A.; de Miguel, B.; Martinez-Agirre, M.; Penalba, M.

Article / Impact of turbulence and blade surface degradation on the annual energy production of small-scale wind turbines

Wind Energy

Zarketa-Astigarraga, A.; Penalba, M.; Martin-Mayor, A.; Martinez-Agirre, M.

Article / Computationally efficient analytical O&M model for strategic decision-making in offshore renewable energy systems

Energy

Centeno-Telleria, M.; Aizpurua, J.I.; Penalba, M.

2022

Article / A data-driven long-term metocean data forecasting approach for the design of marine renewable energy systems

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Penalba, M.; Aizpurua, J.I.; Martinez-Perurena, A.; Iglesias, G.

Article / Probabilistic forecasting informed failure prognostics framework for improved RUL prediction under uncertainty: A transformer case study

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Aizpurua, J.I.; Stewart, B.G.; McArthur, S.D.J.; Penalba, M.; Barrenetxea, M.; Muxika, E.; Ringwood, J.V.

Article / Context-informed conditional anomaly detection approach for wave power plants: The case of air turbines

Ocean Engineering

Aizpurua, J.I.; Penalba, M.; Kirillova, N.; Lekube, J.; Marina, D.

Article / Experimental assessment of scale-effects on the aerodynamic characterization of a transitionally-operating airfoil working under clean flow conditions

Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation

Zarketa-Astigarraga, A.; Penalba, M.; Martin-Mayor, A.; Martinez-Agirre, M.

2021

Article / On the definition of a risk index based on long-term metocean data to assist in the design of Marine Renewable Energy systems

Ocean Engineering

M. Peñalba, Jose I. Aizpurua, Ander Martinez-Perurena

Article / On the definition of a risk index based on long-term metocean data to assist in the design of Marine Renewable Energy systems

Ocean Engineering

Penalba, M.; Aizpurua, J.I.; Martinez-Perurena, A.

2025

Conference Paper | Sensitivity analysis of major replacement rates and costs for floating wind farms