Research Group on Intelligent Engineering and Computing for Advanced Innovation and Development

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Publications

Energy Resource Management Model in a Hotel Building Using a Web Platform

Publication . Sousa, Tiago; Faria, Pedro; Vale, Zita; Landeck, Jorge; Matos, Luisa; Ferreira, Rodrigo

Distributed generation and demand response have been fostered in the last years, sometimes less than desired. In fact, these energy resources, which have a distributed nature have been mostly applied and discussed in the wide view of the operation and planning of the distribution system. However, a great potential is now being explored in the scope of buildings energy management. In the present paper, an energy resource management model has been implemented in order to be integrated with a web platform that supports the customer information concerning energy usage. The model can be used for several kinds of buildings. A hotel building is focused in this paper, namely in the case study that discusses the use of each resource, including photovoltaic generation and demand response.

2018-08Conference object

Open access

Liberalization and customer behavior in the Portuguese residential retail electricity market

Publication . Fotouhi Ghazvini, Mohammad Ali; Ramos, Sérgio; Soares, João; Castro, Rui; Vale, Zita

The final step that Portugal is taking to reach a fully liberalized electricity market is the deregulation of the retail market by phasing-out regulated electricity prices and reducing the administrative burdens in this area. These attempts are done to promote the entrance of companies into the retailing business and to actively engage the end-users in the market. This analysis shows that despite high consumer switching rates during the 2013–2015 period, the retail market in Portugal is still highly concentrated. The retail rates are also not following the changes in the wholesale market price.

2019Journal article

Open access

Decision Support System for the Negotiation of Bilateral Contracts in Electricity Markets

Publication . Silva, Francisco; Teixeira, Brígida; Pinto, Tiago; Praça, Isabel; Marreiros, Goreti; Vale, Zita

The use of Decision Support Systems (DSS) in the eld of Electricity Markets (EM) is essential to provide strategic support to its players. EM are constantly changing, dynamic environments, with many entities which give them a particularly complex nature. There are several simulators for this purpose, including Bilateral Contracting. However, a gap is noticeable in the pre-negotiation phase of energy transactions, particularly in gathering information on opposing negotiators. This paper presents an overview of existing tools for decision support to the Bilateral Contracting in EM, and proposes a new tool that addresses the identied gap, using concepts related to automated negotiation, game theory and data mining.

2017Conference object

Open access