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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