INESC Porto leads revolution in the national power system

The More Microgrids project was concluded last December. With a participation that started four years ago, INESC Porto was capable of demonstrating the technical feasibility of the large-scale integration of microgeneration systems in distribution grids. The More Microgrids thus contributed to promote a model for the distributed production of electricity by the consumer, company or private customer, which should coexist with the classical model of centralised production of electricity. Other than direct economic benefits for this new type of consumer, who is simultaneously a producer of electricity, the More Microgrids also promotes environmental benefits: a decrease in CO2 emissions as a result of the reduction of energy losses in the transportation of electricity to the end consumer. At the same time, it decreases the volume of electricity production in conventional thermal power plants since the microgeneration units explore renewable energies. 

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INESC Porto’s Human Resources all over the world

Did you know that INESC Porto’s know-how is present in most continents, from Europe to the USA, in Brazil and even in Australia? And that many researchers who have worked at INESC Porto are now contributing to the success of companies and institutions, such as CERN, ESA, Sony, Nokia, Google, Microsoft, Cisco Systems, Texas Instruments, Alstom, EDF or Nintendo? And did you know that some of them are doing research and teaching at Queen Mary College London, Columbia University, MIT, Max Planck Institute or Universität Karlsruhe? That is the conclusion of a study carried out by researcher Cristiana Pedrosa on networks, mobility and connections between human resources, with INESC Porto as case study. This dissertation confirmed the growing presence of INESC Porto in foreign institutions that benefit, not only from the experience and knowledge acquired by the collaborators who worked at INESC Porto, but also from a continuous knowledge exchange that can lead to valuable partnerships. 

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Mister Engineer Darwin – an intelligent provocation

INESC Porto is silently one of the exponents of the application of Darwinism through the technological path, for the comfort and happiness of people.