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How can an energy community be planned so that it not only enables the members to share energy, but also provides services to the power grid while increasing economic benefits? This was the question at the heart of Advanced Optimization Models for Planning Energy Communities with Integrated Flexibility Market Support, the master's thesis by Tiago Pintado - which received the Master's Award, presented by the Ordem dos Engenheiros – Região Norte.
21st July 2026
How can we make better use of energy resources? Over the past three years, INESC TEC set out to answer this question through the European GREEN.DAT.AI project, developing tools that combine Artificial Intelligence (AI), secure data sharing and distributed computing.
16th July 2026
INESC TEC, together with 26 other organisations, published a position paper calling on the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Member States to reinforce support for collaborative research, development and innovation (R&D&I) programmes focused on power system components and grid optimisation technologies. The position paper Securing Europe's Electrified Future through RD&I in Electric Power System Components is available as an open-access publication (here) and has been endorsed by the EERA Joint Programme Smart Grids, featuring INESC TEC is a member.
08th July 2026
Electrical systems are facing unprecedented challenges today, and high-voltage engineering plays a central role in ensuring the reliability, safety and efficiency of power grids. The new book by INESC TEC researcher Filipe Azevedo, High Voltage Engineering: Theory, Systems, and Practice, gathers theoretical foundations and practical applications in an area that is critical to the energy transition.
19th June 2026
From the operation of electricity grids to the forecasting of renewable energy production, through the interoperability of distributed energy resources and demand-side flexibility, INESC TEC has been strengthening its commitment to developing open-source solutions for the energy sector. Currently, three open-source projects are part of the Linux Foundation Energy ecosystem — one of the most relevant international communities dedicated to the development of open-source software for energy systems — whilst a fourth technological output is already being used by the Elia Group, operator of the electricity systems in Belgium and Germany.
17th June 2026
Forty-eight partners - ranging from European electricity grid operators to research institutes and industry players - have come together to develop sovereign European AI models aimed at improving the management and planning of electricity grids. This is AI.grids, a European initiative officially launched in the first week of June at an event organised by the European Commission, where several other initiatives were also signed, all related to the Tech Sovereignty Package put forward by Brussels.
08th June 2026
What if hydrogen were the key to sustainable mobility? Through the INERH2 project, Portugal and Spain will establish a cross-border research network dedicated to the planning, management and operation of electric vehicle charging and hydrogen refuelling infrastructures.
03rd June 2026
A total of 11 mini-agendas have recently been approved across several of INESC TEC’s research domains, namely Power & Energy, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Communications, Computer Science and Engineering, and Systems Engineering and Management. With total funding of almost €9M, INESC TEC, together with a range of Portuguese companies, aims to transform the national business landscape through new technological solutions.
28th May 2026
Clara Gouveia, member of INESC TEC’s Board, and João Peças Lopes, Director of the Institute, took part (at the invitation of the Ministry of Environment and Energy) in the Technical Advisory Group (GAT) created by the Portuguese Government to propose concrete measures to support the security and flexibility of the National Electricity System (SEN) in light of the sector’s ongoing evolution. The group’s conclusions were presented in late April 2026.
11th May 2026
Who is shaping the path towards the safe use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in electricity networks? What technical and regulatory challenges do we need to overcome? And what conditions are required to turn potential into real impact in the energy sector? These and other questions were discussed at a meeting organised by the UK’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero - the government body responsible for energy policy and the climate transition. Ricardo Bessa, researcher and coordinator of the Power & Energy Systems area at INESC TEC contributed with his knowledge and expertise.
27th April 2026
Portugal and the United States of America (USA) came together to discuss the digital and energy transition, bringing academia, industry, regulatory bodies and policymakers from both countries to a closed-door seminar at Stanford (California). INESC TEC was present, represented by Luís Seca, member of the Board of Directors.
02nd April 2026
Electric vehicles with solar panels? It is possible - and INESC TEC is involved. The European project SOLAR-MOVE aims to develop, integrate and demonstrate photovoltaic (PV) solutions in electric vehicles, as well as in charging infrastructures. The goal is to accelerate the transition to more sustainable mobility and reduce CO₂ emissions.
20th March 2026