Pablo Faundez Estevez

Applied economist and project developer engineer. Experience in the forest industry and renewable energy sectors. Project design and evaluation, financial modeling, environmental evaluation, permitting. BSc in engineering (U de Chile), MSc (Imperial College London).

Renwable energy engineer with ample experience in project design, evaluation, economic and financial modeling, development and permitting, procurement of main equipment and construction. Experience in applied economics research.

Research fellow in energy economics 2019-2021 (Facultad de Ingeniería Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile).

MSc In applied environmental economics 2004-2005, Imperial College London (Shell Centenary Chevening Scholar)

BSc in forest engineering 1992-1998, Universidad de Chile (Maximum distinction)

Publications

Faúndez, P. Análisis del desarrollo de la dendroenergía en Chile. Memoria Ingeniería Forestal. Universidad de Chile, 2001. 104p.

Faúndez, P. Potential costs of four short rotation silvicultural regimes used for the production of energy. In: Biomass and Bioenergy Vol. 24, Issue 4-5, pp.373-380, Elsevier Science, 2003. 

Faúndez, P. A model to explain investment decisions in renewable energies with a case study for the Chilean wind energy industry. MSc thesis, Imperial College, London University, 2005. 

Faúndez, P. Renewable energy in a market-based economy: How to estimate its potential and choose the right incentives. In: Renewable Energy Vol. 33, Issue 8, pp. 1768-1774. Elsevier Science, 2008. 

Faundez, P. Renewable energy in the equilibrium mix of electricity supply sources. In Energy Economics Vol. 67, pp. 28-34. Elsevier Science, 2017. 

Faúndez, P., Sauma, E., Pérez de Arce, M., Vera, S., Calabrese, J., Osses, P., Manriquez, F., Pereira, A.  “Accelerating decarbonisation through efficient market interventions”. Article under consideration by Resource and Energy Economics journal [RESEN-D-22-00213]