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INESC TEC was the grand winner of the international competition “Application of Modern Heuristic Optimization Algorithms for Solving Optimal Power Flow Problems”, promoted by the Power & Energy Society of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). Vladimiro Miranda, director of INESC TEC, and Leonel Carvalho, researcher at the Centre for Power and Energy Systems (CPES), competed with an original meta-heuristic approach created at INESC TEC which proved to be the best.
02nd September 2014
Vladimiro Miranda, director of INESC TEC, has been invited to integrate the scientific council of IRESEN - Institut de Recherche en Energie Solaire et Energies Nouvelles, an agency of the Moroccan Ministry of Energy, Mining, Water and Environment, which started collaborating with INESC TEC last year, more specifically in project SECRETS (Sustainable Energy Clusters REalized Through Smart Grids).
02nd September 2014
On 26 and 27 June, INESC TEC’s Center for Power and Energy Systems (CPES) organised a meeting of European project evolvDSO – Development of Methodologies and Tools for New and Evolving DSO Roles for Efficient DRES Integration in Distribution Networks, in the area of electrical distribution networks.
28th July 2014
On 4 July, INESC TEC welcomed a visit from two members of Bosch Termotecnologia SA, a manufacturer of heating and hot water systems. The goal with this visit was to “identify technical collaboration opportunities to develop domestic electric storage water heaters, involving an active management of domestic electricity consumption. The ultimate goal of reducing electricity bills,” explains João Peças Lopes, director of INESC TEC.
19th July 2014
Ricardo Bessa, researcher at INESC TEC’s Centre for Power and Energy Systems (CPES)*, was selected to join the European Wind Energy Technology Platform (TPWind), more specifically the work group on the integration of wind power into the power system (WG3: Grid Integration).
16th June 2014
INESC TEC’s Centre for Power and Energy Systems (CPES)* is participating in a project where the goal is to develop a tool that makes it possible to promote sustainable, reliable and profitable strategies in cities and industrial complexes.
30th May 2014
Carolina Marcelino, researcher at INESC TEC’s Centre for Power and Energy Systems (CPES)*, won the award “Vale-Capes de Ciência e Sustentabilidade 2013” (award for science and sustainability), in the category of “Efficient processes to reduce water and energy consumption.” The researcher received the award for her master’s dissertation titled Otimização de um Sistema de Controle Conjunto de Geração de Energia Hidrelétrica com o emprego de Inteligência Computacional (Optimising a hydroelectric energy system using artificial intelligence), supervised by Paulo Almeida and Elizabeth Wanner.
20th May 2014
On 20 March, INESC TEC hosted the kick-off meeting of a technical consulting and service provision project in the area of energy storage technology. This project is relevant to the energy sector, not only from a centralised but also from a decentralised point of view. This contract was recently signed with EDP Produção and EDP Distribuição.
02nd April 2014
On 13 February, INESC TEC welcomed the director for international relations of the National Institute of Informatics (NII), Henri Angelino. The goal was to establish possible cooperation agreements with the Japanese institute.
07th March 2014
On 19 March 2014, INESC TEC will host a meeting of the EnergyIN, an association of which INESC TEC is member. The EnergyIN promotes the cooperation between business and scientific communities for the competitiveness of the national energy industry.
07th March 2014
The Institut de Recherche en Energie et Solarie Energies Nouvelles (IRESEN) in Morocco has recently approved project SECRETS – “L’Intégration intelligente de l’énergie photovoltaïque au réseau de consommation domestique avec le développement d’applications spécifiques au contexte marocain”, as part of the call InnoPV.
04th February 2014
INESC TEC is the only Portuguese representative in a European project that demonstrated the existence of favourable conditions to integrate renewable energies, including off-shore wind power, in the European electrical system. The project also identified the need for a more active use of renewable power in certain services which are essential for the operation of the power grid.
31st January 2014