In 20 years, Portugal will have a 100% renewable trend in the power generation
07th May 2019
There will be around 500 people present at around 2:00 p.m. in the Main Auditorium of FEUP. The event, which is organised by INESC TEC and that bears the stamp of the European Commission, includes a technological exhibition related to engineering solutions in the energy field.
A drone for inspection of power lines in order to reduce human risk, operational costs and time, a smart home energy management system adjusted to user preferences, a gamification platform dedicated to the energy efficiency and equipped with sensors capable of monitoring levels of humidity, temperature, CO2 concentration or brightness, a smart inverter for production and storage of photovoltaic energy in domestic environment and a wireless communications box for application on offshore platforms of renewable energy sources – are some of the technologies developed by INESC TEC in the energy area that will be exhibited on 29 May.
Members of the Government, INESC TEC's researchers and representatives of multinationals and Portuguese SMEs will be present in this debate. The first panel will begin with the presentation of some of the technological solutions that INESC TEC has been developing in the energy area – while using new technologies for smart grids, market schemes and solutions based on artificial intelligence - and that will contribute to the materialisation of a vision of the power systems 100% resulting from renewable energy sources.
Regarding the artificial intelligence, despite already being applied to the power systems for about 30 years, the types of applications and even the technologies have a different value. Nowadays, artificial intelligence is used, for example, to optimise the energy consumption in industrial processes or even to reduce the cognitive load of the human operator in a dispatch centre of a power system operator.
The second panel will gather experts in the energy area, who cover the perspectives of all the involved stakeholders. António Sá da Costa, former President of the Portuguese Renewable Energy Association (APREN) and current President of the European Renewable Energies Federation (EREF), will participate in the debate, addressing the topic of renewable energies. Aurélio Blanquet, Director at EDP Distribuição, will participate in the debate, giving his perspective on the power distribution grid, while António Ramalho, CEO from EFACEC will talk about technology. Jorge Vasconcelos, the former president of the Energy Services Regulatory Authority (ERSE) and current president of NEWES, will share his vision on the electricity markets. Albino Marques from REN and Isabel Oliveira from DECO will present the perspectives of the transmission systems operator and of the consumers, respectively.
The event organised by INESC TEC is powered by the “Energy Days” Initiative, which is organised by the European Commission within the scope of the Sustainable Energy Week. Energy Days are activities that intend to promote a clean transition for clean energy and that can be organised by different public or private institutions in the different European countries.
The participation is free of charge. However, registration is mandatory and should be made in the “registration” menu of the event's website until 20 May: http://energyfuture.inesctec.pt/
For more information:
Joana Coelho
INESC TEC’s Communication Service
FEUP’s Campus
Rua Dr Roberto Frias
4200-465 Porto
Portugal
T +351 22 209 4297
M +351 919 119 271