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01 January 2024
REN Award
Created in 1995, the REN Award, one of the oldest scientific awards in Portugal, has evolved to incorporate the developments and transformations of the energy sector over the years.
It started out as a prize for the best students of networks and electrical systems to subsequently incorporate natural gas, and most recently to reach candidates coming from a wide spectrum of areas, from Engineering to Economy, Mathematics, Physics, Law, Information Systems and Computing.
The REN Award is attributed, each year, to the best Master's theses on energy developed in Portuguese universities, and it has one clear purpose: to contribute to the development of the energy sector in Portugal and strengthen the interaction between REN and the academy in Portugal.
A jury, composed by highly reputed professionals, chaired by Professor João Peças Lopes is responsible for selecting the three Master thesis winners and, every other year, the best doctoral thesis.
Announcement of the awarded theses
November 2024
REN Award 2024 Regulation
Prizes
Master Theses
1st Prize: €25.000
2nd Prize: €15.000
3rd Prize: €10.000
Honourable mentions
€2.500
Up to three Honourable mentions may also be awarded to Master's theses.
Latest editions
Classificação
1ST PLACE AWARD
Leonardo Fernandes
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
- Master Thesis
“Simulation of flow conditions for natural gas and hydrogen blends for different points of the distribution natural gas network”
2ND PLACE AWARD
Luís Rodrigues
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
- Master Thesis
“A techno-economic feasibility analysis of a hydrogen power plant in a market environment”
3RD PLACE AWARD
António Jerónimo
Instituto Superior Técnico
- Master Thesis
“Modelling Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Flexibility for Long- Term Distribution Network Planning"
HONOURABLE MENTION
Henrique Monteiro
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto
- Master Thesis
"Estudo do recurso eólico usando OpenFOAM com condições de fronteira de modelo de mesoescala"
HONOURABLE MENTION
Pedro Guimarães
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
- Master Thesis
"Optimizing Circular Renewable Energy Communities for Agriculture: A Comprehensive Framework"
HONOURABLE MENTION
Pedro Guimarães
Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão
- Master Thesis
"Pricing Renewable Energy Certificates""
Classification
1ST PLACE AWARD
Justino Rodrigues
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
- Doctoral Thesis:
“Advanced Control Functionalities for Smart-Transformers Integrating Hybrid MicroGrids”
1ST PLACE AWARD
Nuno Mendes
Universidade de Coimbra
- Master Thesis:
“Federated Learning for the Prediction of Net Energy Demand in Communities of Buildings”
2ND PLACE AWARD
Ana Silva
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
- Master Thesis:
“Comportamento dinâmico de sistemas de transmissão com inércia reduzida”
3RD PLACE AWARD
Maria Lima
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
- Master Thesis:
“Magneto-caloric heat pump for space heating"
HONOURABLE MENTION
Hélder Pereira
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto - Instituto Politécnico de Porto
- Master Thesis:
"A Novel Multi-Level and Community-Based Agent Ecosystem to Support Customer´s Dynamic Decision-Making in Smart Grids"
HONOURABLE MENTION
Diogo Lavado
NOVA School of Science and Technology
- Master Thesis:
"Detection of Power Line Supporting Towers Via Interpretable Semantic Segmentation of 3D Point Clouds",
Classification
1st place award
Rute Rodrigues dos Santos
Universidade de Coimbra
- Master Thesis
"Development of instrumentation for measuring Geomagnetically Induced Currents (GICs) and effect of shield wires on GIC simulations"
2nd place award
José Rafael Guedes de Almeida
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto
- Master Thesis
"Optimization of Aggregators Energy Resources considering Local Markets and Electric Vehicle Penetration"
3rd place award
Francisco de Sousa Fernandes
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP)
- Master Thesis
"Assessment of frequency stability behaviour regarding inertia reduction due to high renewable integration in the iberian system"
HONOURABLE MENTION
Valdemar Abril Armindo
Universidade de Coimbra
- Master Thesis
"Diagnóstico e Análise de Avarias nos Enrolamentos Estatóricos de Um PMSM Hexafásico com Controlo Preditivo"
HONOURABLE MENTION
José Carlos Mendes Bessa
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
- Master Thesis
"Otimização de estratégias de oferta em mercado usando previsão probabilística de produção renovável"
Classification
1st place award
Fabian Heymann
Faculdade de Engenharia do Porto (FEUP)
- Doctoral Thesis
"Technology diffusion models in power system planning and policy design"
2nd place award
Pedro Campos Ferreira da Silva
Faculdade de Engenharia do Porto (FEUP)
- Master Thesis
"OPF Robusto"
3rd place award
Tiago Pires de Almeida Torres
Faculdade de Engenharia do Porto (FEUP)
- Master Thesis
"Comparision between traditional network reinforcement and the use of DER flexibility"
3rd place award
Nassir Rodrigues Cassamo
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST)
- Master Thesis
"Model Predictive Control for Wake Steering: a Koopman Dynamic Mode Decomposition Approach"
HONOURABLE MENTION
Tiago Rosário Lucas
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST)
- Master Thesis
"Feasibility of Wind Energy for Hydrogen Production: the WindFloat Atlantic case-study"
HONOURABLE MENTION
Inês Reis Gaspar
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST)
- Master Thesis
"Using energy storage systems in electricity markets"
Classification
1st place award
João Pedro Graça Ramos
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP)
- Master Thesis
"Conversão de energia de geração fotovoltaica com inércia sintética"
2nd place award
João Pedro Megre Barbosa
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP)
- Master Thesis
"Fast Assessment of Dynamic Behaviour Analysis with Evaluation of Minimum Synchronous Inertia to Improve Dynamic Security in Islanded Power Systems"
3rd place award
Luís Miguel Teixeira
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP)
- Master Thesis
"Missing Signal Appraising in Globally Optimized Networks"
HONOURABLE MENTION
Sérgio Miguel da Silva Coelho
Universidade do Minho
- Master Thesis
"Desenvolvimento de um Micro-Inversor para Sistemas de Energias Renováveis em Micro-Redes Distribuídas"
HONOURABLE MENTION
Tiago Poças de Almeida
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP)
- Master Thesis
"Coordinated Operation of Electric Vehicle Solar Parking Lot as a Virtual Power Plant"
Classification
1st place award
Nuno Gonçalo dos Santos Soares
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP)
- Master Thesis
"Optimal Demand Response Program for Flexible Ramp Markets"
2nd place award
Diogo André Cerqueira Pinto Bezerra Varajão*
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP)
- Doctoral Thesis
"Single-stage, Bidirectional AC-DC Matrix Converter for Energy Storage Systems"
*By disqualification of the Paper entitled “Decision Support for the Strategic Behaviour of Electricity Market application”, the 1st prize was awarded by the Jury to the eligible work with the best rating.
Jury REN´s Award
3rd place award
Guilherme Paraíso
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST)
- Master Thesis
"Design of Control Strategies for Low Voltage DC Residential Grids"
3rd place award
Cláudio Pinto dos Santos
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP)
- Master Thesis
"Dynamic Distribution System Reconfiguration to Improve System Reliability Considering Renewables and Energy Storage"
HONOURABLE MENTION
Vasco Miguel Agante Campos
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP)
- Master Thesis
"Metodologia Híbrida para a Previsão dos Preços do Mercado Elétrico com Integração Renovável"
HONOURABLE MENTION
João Pedro Pereira Carvalho
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP)
- Master Thesis
"Using Renewable-Based Microgrid Capabilities for Power System Restoration"
Classification
1st place award
Gabriel da Silva Garanito Maciel
IST
- "Desenvolvimento e Projeto Mecânico de uma Fundação para uma Turbina Eólica Offshore"
2nd place award
Pedro Andresen Portella Sarmento de Beires
FEUP
- "O papel das centrais hídricas reversíveis face ao aumento dos volumes de integração de produção de origem renovável em sistemas elétricos isolados"
3rd place award
Fábio José Correia de Brito
FEUP
- "Simulação de Estratégias de Operação Agregada de Sistemas de Armazenamento Distribuídos em Parques Eólicos e Centrais Fotovoltaicas"
HONOURABLE MENTION
João Pedro Anselmo Espírito Santo
FEUP
- "Prolongamento da Vida Útil de um Transformador através do Agendamento do Carregamento de Veículos Elétricos numa Unidade Industrial Insular com Microgeração Fotovoltaica"
HONOURABLE MENTION
João Paulo Soares Anjo
IST
- "Assessing the impact of Demand Response in the Portuguese Electric System"
Classification
1st place award
Bruna Daniela Costa Tavares
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP)
- "Sensory fusion applied to power system state estimation considering information theory concepts"
2nd place award
Rui Filipe Mirra dos Santos
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST)
- "Nonlinear Economic Model Predictive Control For Energy Management of Smart Buildings"
3rd place award
José Miguel Gomes Campos Costa
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto ( FEUP)
- "Microgrid Reliability Assessment"
HONOURABLE MENTION
Ricardo Jorge de Lima Capão
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP)
- "Avaliação Rápida de Sobrecargas Pós-Contingência em Ramos de Sistemas Elétricos Interligados"
HONOURABLE MENTION
Luís Acácio Mendes Marques
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP)
- "Detection and Location of Non-Technical Losses In Low Voltage Distribution Networks"
Classification
1st place award
Pedro Saraiva de Carvalho Morais de Castro
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP)
- "Participation of Wind Generation in Balancing Reserve Markets"
2nd place award
Jorge Miguel Pérola Filipe
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP)
- "Optimization Strategies for Pump-Hydro Storage and Wind Farm Coordination Including Wind Power Uncertainty "
3rd place award
André Carvalho da Silva
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP)
- "Utilização de Sistemas de Armazenamento de Energia para Melhoria das Condições de Estabilidade de Redes Isoladas"
HONOURABLE MENTION
Miguel Fontes Medeiros
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)
- "Distribution System Reconfiguration Considering Smart-Grid Enabling Technologies"
HONOURABLE MENTION
José Miguel Rodrigues Gouveia
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP)
- "Participação de redes HVDC nos serviços de Regulação de Frequência"
HONOURABLE MENTION
Renata Filipa Morais Martins
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)
- "Decision-Making Under Uncertainty for Market Bidding Strategies of Wind and Photovoltaic Technologies"
Classification
1st place award
João Pedro Vasques Vieira da Silva
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP)
- "Definition of Maintenance Polícies in Power Systems"
2nd place award
Rui Filipe Carneiro Barbosa Pinto
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP)
- "Wind Power Forecasting Uncertainty and Unit Commitment"
3rd place award
Sérgio Fonseca Santos
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)
- "Nova Metodologia Multiobjectivo de Apoio à Decisão para Problemas de Reconfiguração de Sistemas de Distribuição de Energia Eléctrica "
HONOURABLE MENTION
Hugo Alexandre Fernandes dos Santos e Silva
Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL)
- "Planeamento de Curto Prazo de Sistemas de Energia Solar Usando Técnicas de Otimização Robusta"
HONOURABLE MENTION
Elisabete Faria Almeida
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP)
- "Real-time Closed-Loop Test to Adaptive Protection in a Smart-Grid Context"
Classification
1st place award
Tiago André Teixeira Soares
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP)
- "Electricity Markets Modeling Considering Complex Contracts and Aggregators"
2nd place award
Luís Carlos Rodrigues Júnior
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL)
- "Integração de fontes renováveis no sistema eléctrico através de Centrais Renováveis Virtuais"
3rd place award
Luís Filipe de Oliveira Gomes
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP)
- "GAIC: Um sistema inteligente e flexível para simulação e apoio à participação de pequenos e médios consumidores na gestão ativa de cargas no âmbito de smart grids"
HONOURABLE MENTION
Rodrigo Manuel Marinho Pires
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP)
- "Estratégias de reposição de serviço em sistemas HVDC com interligação a parques eólicos offshore"
HONOURABLE MENTION
Jorge Miguel da Silva Gonçalves
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP)
- "Desempenho dos Sistemas de Proteções na Vizinhança de Ligações de Corrente Contínua em Alta Tensão"
HONOURABLE MENTION
Marco Filipe Matos da Fonseca
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL)
- "Integrating Wind Generation in the Distribution Network"
Classification
1st place award
Tiago Marques Félix Castelhano
IST
- "Projecto de Terras em Subestações"
2nd place award
Tiago Manuel Campelos Ferreira Pinto
ISEP
- "Adaptive Learning in Agents Behavior: A Framework for Electricity Markets Simulation"
3rd place award
David Miguel Mendes Cerdeira
IST
- "Configurind an IEC 61850 Based Standard Automation System for a Standard HV/MV Distribution Substation"
HONOURABLE MENTION
Rui Filipe das Neves Parreira
IST
- "Implementação Normalizada de Automatismos de Subestações de Energia Especificados por Redes de Petri"
HONOURABLE MENTION
João André Pinto Soares
ISEP
- "Modified Particle Swarm Optimization for Day-Ahead Distributed Energy Resources Scheduling Including Vehicle-to-Grid"
Classification
1st place award
Pedro Miguel Pereira Mendes
IST
- "Wind Parks and Hydro Pumping Plants Coordinates Operation"
2nd place award
Miguel Alecandre Ferreira Santos
IST
- "Estudo do comportamento dinâmico da rede nacional de transporte de gás natural"
3rd place award
João Mouro das Neves Rocha
FEUP
- "Optimização de despacho económico integrando previsão de variabilidade de produção hídrica, eólica e solar"
HONOURABLE MENTION
Susana Galrão Domingos Ludovico
IST
- "Grid Codes Isolated Systems"
HONOURABLE MENTION
Anabela Rodrigues Ribeiro
FEUP
- "Coordenação do Sistema de Protecção numa Rede de Média Tensão com Elevada Penetração de Geração Eólica"
Jury President
João Peças Lopes
Other Jury Members
Albertino Meneses
Aníbal Santos
Jorge Vasconcelos
Luís Ferreira
Manuel Matos
Maria José Clara
Miguel Moreira da Silva
Paulo Ferrão
Patrícia Pereira da Silva
Susana Costa
Susana Ludovino
Zita Vale
REN - Transformamos desafios em energia
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