Heracles Polatidis
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Energy technology, specialising in wind power at Department of Earth Sciences; Wind Energy
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 83 73
- E-mail:
- heracles.polatidis@geo.uu.se
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- Campus Gotland, Cramérgatan 3
SE-62157 Visby
Sweden - Postal address:
- Uppsala universitet, Campus Gotland
SE-62167 Visby
Sweden
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Heracles Polatidis is an Associate Professor at the Dept. of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University Campus Gotland. His research field lies in the areas of Energy Planning and Multi-Criteria Analysis, Environmental Policy and Management, Renewable Energy Technologies and Rational Use of Energy.
Biography
Heracles Polatidis was born in Thessaloniki, Greece in 1972. He holds a first degree in Mechanical Engineering from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece (1995), a MSc. in Chemical and Process Engineering from Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh UK (1996) and a PhD. in Energy Analysis and Decision Modeling from the University of the Aegean Mytilene Greece (2003). Parts of his PhD studies he did as a Marie-Curie Research Fellow in Keele University, UK and in the University of Maastricht, The Netherlands. From 2003 until 2013 he had been an adjunct lecturer and post-doctoral researcher in the Energy Management Laboratory, Dept. of Environment, University of the Aegean, Greece. Since June 2013 Heracles is an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Campus Gotland, Sweden. Heracles is married and has two sons.

Publications
Selection of publications
Part of International Journal of Sustainable Energy, p. 1014-1029, 2016
Part of Environment, Development and Sustainability, p. 963-985, 2015
Part of Water Economics and Policy, 2015
Part of Energy Sources Part B, p. 241-249, 2015
Mitigating climate change impacts in rural Bangladesh through efficient agricultural interventions
2013
Part of Energy Sources, Part A, 2012
Wind Characteristics and Mapping for Power Production in the Island of Lesvos, Greece
Part of Computers & Geosciences, 2011
Environmental management framework for wind farm siting: Methodology & case-study
Part of Journal of Environmental Management, 2010
Part of Energy sources, 2009
Part of Energy, 2008
Renewable Energy Systems; A Societal & Technological Platform
Part of Renewable energy, 2007
Selecting an appropriate Multi-Criteria Decision Aid Technique for renewable energy planning
Part of Energy sources, 2006
Local renewable energy planning: A participatory multi-criteria approach
Part of Energy sources, p. 1253-1264, 2004
Renewable energy projects: structuring a multi-criteria group decision-making framework
Part of Renewable energy, 2003
Part of Integrated assessment, p. 205-213, 2003
Recent publications
Part of Energy Reports, p. 2876-2891, 2025
- DOI for Islanders' perceptions of innovative energy solutions before and after engaging in energy transition projects
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Long-term energy scenario ranking with MCDA analysis: The case of Reunion Island
Part of SMART ENERGY, 2025
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Multi-criteria decision analysis of alternative fuel buses: methodology and case-study
Part of International Journal of Green Energy, p. 2493-2513, 2024
Spatial multicriteria framework for sustainable wind-farm planning - Accounting for conflicts
Part of Renewable & sustainable energy reviews, 2024
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Energy transition awareness: Can it guide local transition planning on islands?
Part of Heliyon, 2023
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Articles in journal
Part of Energy Reports, p. 2876-2891, 2025
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Long-term energy scenario ranking with MCDA analysis: The case of Reunion Island
Part of SMART ENERGY, 2025
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Multi-criteria decision analysis of alternative fuel buses: methodology and case-study
Part of International Journal of Green Energy, p. 2493-2513, 2024
Spatial multicriteria framework for sustainable wind-farm planning - Accounting for conflicts
Part of Renewable & sustainable energy reviews, 2024
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Energy transition awareness: Can it guide local transition planning on islands?
Part of Heliyon, 2023
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Part of Energies, 2022
- DOI for Methodological Framework to Select Evaluation Criteria for Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis of Road Transportation Fuels and Vehicles
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Decarbonisation of islands: A multi-criteria decision analysis platform and application
Part of Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 2022
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Energy scenarios for the Faroe Islands: A MCDA methodology including local social perspectives
Part of Sustainable Futures, 2022
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Part of Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 2021
- DOI for Transition towards decarbonisation for islands: Development of an integrated energy planning platform and application
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Part of Energies, 2020
- DOI for Towards Self-Sustainable Island Grids through Optimal Utilization of Renewable Energy Potential and Community Engagement
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Part of Applied Sciences, 2019
- DOI for Wind Farm Power Production Assessment: Introduction of a New Actuator Disc Method and Comparison with Existing Models in the Context of a Case Study
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Offshore wind farms’ decommissioning: a semi quantitative Multi-Criteria Decision Aid framework
Part of Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, p. 69-79, 2016
Offshore wind farms’ decommissioning: a semi quantitativeMulti-Criteria Decision Aid framework
Part of Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, p. 69-79, 2016
Part of International Journal of Sustainable Energy, p. 1014-1029, 2016
Part of Environment, Development and Sustainability, p. 963-985, 2015
Part of Water Economics and Policy, 2015
Part of Energy Sources Part B, p. 241-249, 2015
Integrated Energy Planning for the Residential Sector: The case-study of Cyprus’, Energy Sources
Part of Energy sources, 2014
Part of Global NEST. International Journal, 2013
Use of Renewable Energy in Aquaculture: An Energy Audit case-study analysis
Part of Global NEST. International Journal, 2013
Part of Energy Sources, Part A, 2012
Part of International Journal of Green Energy, 2012
Wind Characteristics and Mapping for Power Production in the Island of Lesvos, Greece
Part of Computers & Geosciences, 2011
Part of Applied Energy, 2011
Part of Applied Energy, 2011
Environmental management framework for wind farm siting: Methodology & case-study
Part of Journal of Environmental Management, 2010
CO2 emissions for 1990 – 2020: A decomposition analysis for EU-25 and Greece
Part of Energy Sources, Part A, 2010
Part of Energy sources, 2009
Part of Energy, 2009
Wind turbines site selection on an isolated island
Part of Wit Transactions on Ecology and The Environment, 2009
Part of Energy, 2008
Decomposition Analysis and Design of sustainable renewable energy systems; A new approach
Part of Energy sources, 2007
Renewable Energy Systems; A Societal & Technological Platform
Part of Renewable energy, 2007
Selecting an appropriate Multi-Criteria Decision Aid Technique for renewable energy planning
Part of Energy sources, 2006
Local renewable energy planning: A participatory multi-criteria approach
Part of Energy sources, p. 1253-1264, 2004
Renewable energy projects: structuring a multi-criteria group decision-making framework
Part of Renewable energy, 2003
Part of Integrated assessment, p. 205-213, 2003
Articles, review/survey
Part of Energies, 2020
- DOI for Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis of Road Transportation Fuels and Vehicles: A Systematic Review and Classification of the Literature
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Chapters in book
Renewable Energy Sources Planning & Design: A multi-criteria approach
Part of Managing the Transition to Renewable Energy: Theory and Practice, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008
Conference papers
Micro-siting/positioning of wind turbines: introducing a multi-criteria decision analysis framework
Part of 7th International Multi-Conference on Engineering and Technological Innovation, p. 23-27, 2014
Part of Proceedings of ICERI2014 Conference 17th-19th November 2014, Seville, Spain, p. 4244-4251, 2014
Mitigating climate change impacts in rural Bangladesh through efficient agricultural interventions
2013
Economic assessment of water storage for adaptation to climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa
2011
2009
Energy related CO2 emissions for Greece: Decomposition Analysis for 1990-2002
2008
Distributed Generation with Renewable Energy Systems: The spatial dimension for an autonomous grid
2007
Renewable Energy Technologies Penetration: The need for a Multi-Criteria Framework
2006
Sustainable Design of Energy Systems – The Case of Geothermal Energy
2006
p. 593-600, 2005
Integrated Design of Alternative Energy Options: A Multi-Criteria Approach
2005
A Multi-Criteria Approach to Sitting Wind Farms in Lesvos Greece
p. 390-395, 2004
A Web-Based Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Software Tool for Renewable Energy Projects
2004
Methodological Framework for the Multi-Criteria Evaluation of Renewable Energy Investments
p. 299-306, 2001
Civil aviation air pollutant emissions in Greece from 1960 to 1995
p. 404-411, 1998