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Addressing acceleration areas for renewable energy development in the European ...
Díaz-Cuevas, Pilar; Pérez-Pérez, Belén; Lopes, Hélder Tiago da Silva; Ferreira, Paula VarandasThe urgent need to accelerate the energy transition in the European Union has made spatial planning a key tool for effective and equitable deployment of renewable energy. Directive (EU) 2023/2413 requires Member States to designate “renewable acceleration areas” where renewable projects can be rapidly implemented with minimal environmental impact. However, the methodological basis for identifying such areas rem...
Economic and environmental assessment of circularity in End-of-Life batteries
Mikus, Francisco; Jório, Marcela; Ferreira, Paula VarandasIn this period of energy transition where non-renewable energies such as fossil fuels are being replaced with renewable and innovative sources of energy, lithium-ion batteries (LIB) play a crucial role. They are essential for technologies supporting this transition, including electric vehicles and energy storage systems. However, LIBs can pose important challenges to sustainability goals as they require the ext...
The Contribution of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in improving energy effici...
de Sousa Costa, Carlos Roberto; Patrício, Leonel Filipe Santos; Varela, M.L.R.; Ferreira, Paula VarandasRobotic Process Automation (RPA) is a computer technology that allows automating routine tasks, which are normally performed by people, automatically and simply, allowing companies to be more efficient in business processes. With technology embedded in almost every day-to-day process in a company, it's easy to see advances in computing and technology. In this context, it is important to seek knowledge and adequ...
Perceptions of the academic community on the performance of sustainable develop...
Leal Filho, Walter; Vasconcelos, Claudio Ruy Portela de; Ferreira, Paula Varandas; Araújo, Maria Madalena Teixeira de; Berenguer, AlessandraSince the UN Conference on the Human Environment was held in Stockholm in 1972, higher education institutions (HEIs) have been adapting to assume their social role in supporting societies in promoting sustainable lifestyles. However, HEIs are complex institutions composed of several interdependent subsystems. Sustainable improvement requires holistic assessment measures to comply with established goals. To date...
A dual-market strategy for evaluating wind energy investments in Brazil: a real...
Delapedra-Silva, Vanderson A.; Ferreira, Paula Varandas; Dranka, Géremi Gilson; Cunha, JorgeBrazil changed the remuneration format of supplementary energy auction contracts in 2018. As a result, electricity generation companies that win these auctions are now remunerated based on the energy they supply as specified in the contracts. As a result of this change, electricity generation companies shifted their focus towards the free energy market (ACL), which typically offers more attractive prices per kW...
A review on the internalization of externalities in electricity generation expa...
Costa, Carlos Roberto de Sousa; Ferreira, Paula VarandasThis work addresses the internalization of externalities in energy decision making and in generation expansion planning (GEP). Although the linkage between externalities and energy is well recognized, the issue of the internalization in GEP models and from a sustainability perspective is still far from being fully explored. A critical literature review is presented, including scientific articles published in th...
Special issue on “Renewable energy technologies and systems: technical, environ...
Cunha, Jorge; Ferreira, Paula Varandas; Cai, Wei[Excerpt] Due to the increasing pressures on the environment derived from the intensive use of energy, policy-makers are increasingly aware of the need to design new energy policies capable of addressing those negative impacts on the environment [...]
Assessing the societal impact of smart grids: outcomes of a collaborative resea...
Ferreira, Paula Varandas; Rocha, Ana; Araújo, Maria Madalena Teixeira de; Afonso, João L.; Antunes, Carlos Henggeler; Lopes, Marta A. R.Assessing the societal contributions of research is not simple, especially for research projects that produce outputs with low technology readiness level. This paper analyses the potential societal impacts of research resulting in technologies with low maturity, but with the potential to be further developed in the long-term. It uses the case of the ESGRIDS (Enhancing Smart Grids for Sustainability) collaborati...
Reframing the selection of hydraulic turbines integrating analytical hierarchy ...
Caricimi, Rudimar; Dranka, Géremi Gilson; Setti, Dalmarino; Ferreira, Paula VarandasBefore selecting a proper hydraulic turbine for power generation, conflicting factors frequently emerge from the wide range of available technology alternatives. The preliminary selection of hydraulic turbines (PSHT) has been usually carried out by overlooking and/or overshadowing downstream and upstream processes. The development of a new conceptual framework that allows for including more parameters into the ...
A systematic review of social innovation and community energy transitions
Dall-Orsoletta, Alaize; Cunha, Jorge; Araújo, Maria Madalena Teixeira de; Ferreira, Paula VarandasFor the energy transition, Social Innovation (SI) has been defined as innovations that contribute to the low carbon energy transition, civic empowerment, and social goals through initiatives such as new forms of governance, social configurations, supportive policies and regulations, and new business models. This work systematically reviews the literature to identify (potential) impacts of SI and bottom-up initi...