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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...
Assessing the Influence of Different Goals in Energy Communities’ Self-Sufficie...
Reis, Inês F. G.; Gonçalves, Ivo; Lopes, Marta A. R.; Antunes, Carlos HenggelerUnderstanding to what extent the emergence of prosumers and prosumagers organized in energy communities can impact the organization and operation of power grids has been one of the major recent research avenues at the European level. In renewable-based communities aiming to reach some level of energy self-sufficiency, a key issue to be addressed is assessing how the presence of end-users playing different roles...