Portugal is case study on smart grids

Évora is the first Portuguese city to have a smart grid and will be hosting the 8th Edition of the Symposium on microgrids of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (USA), organised this year by INESC Porto. At the end of the Symposium there will be a visit to the InovCity in Évora, a 33 thousand-client pilot-project led by the EDP (the Portuguese Electricity System) which is proof of Portugal’s pioneering role in the energy revolution worldwide.

125 experts from all over the world will be attending this event in Évora to discuss the most pressing themes related to this energy revolution: microgeneration, microgrids and electric mobility.

The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, led by the US Department of Energy, chose Portugal to host the 8th Edition of the Symposium on microgrids, organised by INESC Porto, with the support of the EDP and EFACEC. The organisation of this event in Portugal acknowledges the country’s pioneering role – not only the national industry but also the R&D – in adapting the distribution of electricity to the new market needs and technology paradigms which come from exploring renewable microgeneration.

The InovCity pilot-project, led by the EDP with the support of partners such as Lógica, INESC Porto (the coordinating entity of the INESC TEC Associate Laboratory), EFACEC, Janz and Contar, promotes microgeneration and electric mobility solutions. For this reason, the project was chosen to mark the end of the 8th Edition of the Symposium on microgrids.

CiênciaPT, 1 September 2012