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INESC TEC developed a mechanism that uses data to share voluntary recommendations to consumers, reducing or increasing consumption according to the needs of the grid. The suggestions come through mobile applications and Portugal joined this endeavour.
03rd December 2024
Three days. 15,000 power and energy experts. More than 700 stands. Hundreds of sessions and debates on digitalisation, decentralisation and decarbonisation. The numbers are impressive, but the impact generated by Enlit Europe is difficult to measure. INESC TEC participated, yet again, in the world’s largest stage of energy and technological innovation to present tech solutions for the sector. Want to know more?
05th November 2024
The InterConnect project brought the concept of interoperability into our homes and provided residential consumers the possibility to contribute to a more resilient power grid. A tool consisting of an energy manager and a mobile application made this possible. The result? More participation, less network load at peak times and “reduced intensity in terms of carbon produced”.
31st October 2024
INESC TEC joined the Big Data Value Association (BDVA), a European organisation that promotes the research, development and adoption of Big Data technologies in a sustainable and innovative ecosystem. This is an important step for the Institute, allowing to advance the impact and visibility of INESC TEC's research in different projects, as was the case of InterConnect.
04th October 2024
Five training sessions, five themes: over several months, the cycle of webinars "Sustainable Energy Transition in Agriculture" - organised by INESC TEC with the National Institute for Agrarian and Veterinary Research (INIAV), and with the support of the partners of the Tools4AgriEnergy project - will address questions like the introduction of PV systems in agriculture, robotics and IoT, energy efficiency and circular economy, as well as new business models and decarbonisation. The first online meeting will take place on October 16, at 2 p.m.
02nd October 2024
One of the vital elements in the decarbonisation of the energy sector is storage, since it enables integrating the production of energy generated through renewable sources on a larger scale. However, there are still several technological challenges. The SINNOGENES project seeks to address these questions, exploring different ways of storing energy, including thermal storage - which is very relevant to decarbonise the industry.
21st June 2024
SMHYLES is a European project that will develop and demonstrate new hybrid industrial-scale energy storage systems based on water and salt. INESC TEC is one of the 16 partners of this €6M project, supporting the design, implementation and demonstration of a hybrid storage system consisting of a salt-based battery and a water-based supercapacitor on Graciosa island (Azores).
07th March 2024
Portugal addressed the European Commission's call for the creation of digital and interoperable buildings and electrical grids in Europe. The Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science (INESC TEC) led the activities for four and a half years, with a budget of €36M and 50 partners, which include manufacturers, research institutions, distribution grid operators, IoT and ICT providers, retailers and final consumers. The outcome? A set of innovative results that will provide interoperability to homes and buildings, i.e., without the need to depend on a specific equipment manufacturer, so that devices, systems, and users can interact in a transparent and sustainable. All this within the context of the European project InterConnect.
07th March 2024
Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (CEPCO), one of the largest companies in the electricity sector in Japan, visited INESC TEC to learn about the solutions that the Institute has been developing and the ongoing projects in power and energy systems - focusing on solutions for the energy transition. The delegation, accompanied by AICEP Portugal Global - Trade & Investment Agency, also visited INESC TEC's Laboratory of Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles.
04th March 2024
It is called TwinEU and is one of the largest consortia to date under the Horizon Europe programme. We're talking about €20M, and 75 partners from 15 countries, including INESC TEC. The goal? To develop a digital twin of the European electrical system to allow optimal management and planning of the electrical system in scenarios with high integration of renewable production, while designing new business models (e.g., the flexibility of the electrical system) towards achieving the European goals of carbon neutrality.
05th February 2024
Distribution System Operators have a new set of innovative applications, which will help them not only in the operation and planning of the distribution network, but also in the negotiation of new flexibility services on different market platforms. This was one of the main results of the EUniversal project, which also featured an open interface - UMEI, or Universal Market Enabling Interface - that facilitates the interaction between operators and new flexibility markets.
15th January 2024
Justino Rodrigues, INESC TEC researcher, was the big winner of the REN 2023 awards, in the category of "Best PhD thesis" in energy. In his thesis, developed within the scope of the Doctoral Programme in Sustainable Energy Systems of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) - and supervised by two INESC TEC researchers, Carlos Moreira and João Peças Lopes - Justino Rodrigues was able to test the incorporation of new functionalities for smart transformers applied to microgrids and multi-micro-grids; thanks to his work, the researcher received €30K.
24th November 2023