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February, 2014
Seminar - Presentation of the results of the project - Photos
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December, 2013
Seminar - Presentation of the results of the project
6th of december 2013 - 11h00
University of Minho, Campus Azurém - Guimarães
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September, 2013
Public opinion on renewable energy technologies: the Portuguese case
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Electricity planning models in a Mixed Hydro-Thermal-Wind Power Systems
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July, 2013
Public attitudes towards the implementation of  large-scale projects of renewable energy technologies in Portugal. Assessment tool.
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April, 2013
Renewable energies:public opinion in Portugal (in portuguese)
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Call for papers
International Conference on Energy & Environment: bringing together Economics and Engineering
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April, 2012
Report 01/2012 published
Multi-Criteria Decision Tool
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May, 2011
Reports 02/2011 and 03/2011 published
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February, 2011
Report 01/2011 published
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October, 2010
Results available
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June 1, 2010
Project Kick Off

 

 

 
Journals - accepted and published papers
   
[1] Fernando Ribeiro, Paula Ferreira, Madalena Araújo (2013) “Sustainability assessment of electricity production using a logic models approach”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 28, pp. 215-223.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032113004796
   
[2] Lima, Fátima; Ferreira, Paula; Vieira, Filipa (2013) "Strategic impact management of wind power projects" Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 25, pp. 277-290.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136403211300261X
   
[3] Ribeiro, Fernando; Ferreira, Paula; Araújo, Madalena (2013) "Evaluating future scenarios for the power generation sector using a Multi-Criteria Decision and Analysis (MCDA) tool: the Portuguese case" Energy, Vol. 52, pp. 126-136.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544213000029
   
[4] Ferreira, Paula; Soares, Isabel; Araújo, Madalena "The Impact of Fuel and CO2 Prices on Electricity Power Plans" European Research Studies Journal, Vol. XV, Special Issue on Energy 2012, pp. 31-46.
http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/21674
   
[5] Carneiro, Patrícia; Ferreira, Paula (2012) "The Economic, Environmental and Strategic Value Of Biomass" Renewable Energy, vol. 24, pp. 17-22. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148112000080
   
[6] Fernandes, Bartolomeu; Cunha, Jorge; Ferreira, Paula (2011) "The use of Real Options approach in energy sector investments" Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 15, pp. 4491-4497
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032111003479
   
[7] Ribeiro, Fernando; Ferreira, Paula; Araújo, Madalena (2011) "The inclusion of social aspects in power planning" Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 15, pp. 4361-4369.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032111003613
   
[8] Santos, Lucia; Soares, Isabel; Mendes, Carla; Ferreira, Paula (2014) “Real Options versus Traditional Methods to assess Renewable Energy Projects” Renewable Energy, Vol. 68, pp. 588–594.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148114000676
   
[9] Pereira, Sérgio, Ferreira, Paula; Vaz, A. I. (2014) “Short-term electricity planning with increase wind capacity” Energy, accepted for publication.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544214000450
   
[10] Cunha, Jorge; Ferreira, Paula (2014) "A Risk Analysis of Small-Hydro Power (SHP) Plants Investments” International journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management, accepted for publication.
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[11] Fernando Ribeiro, Paula Ferreira, Madalena Araújo, Ana Cristina Braga (2014) “Public opinion on renewable energy technologies in Portugal” Energy, , accepted for publication
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2013.10.074
   
[12] Ferreira, Paula; Vieira, Filipa (2010) “Evaluation of an Offshore Wind Power Project: Economic, Strategic and Environmental Value” World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, vol.47, 155-160.
https://www.waset.org/Publications?p=47
   
[13] Ferreira, Paula; Araújo, M. M. T.; O'Kelly, M. (2010) “Electricity Power Planning: the Role of Wind Energy” World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology. Vol. 47, pp . 837-841.
https://www.waset.org/Publications?p=47
 
Journals - submitted papers (under revision)
   
[1sub] Fernandes, Liliana; Ferreira, Paula “Renewable energy scenarios in the Portuguese electricity system” submitted to Energy, under evaluation.
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[2sub] Cunha, Jorge; Ferreira, Paula “Designing electricity generation portfolios using the mean-variance approach" submitted to International journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management, under evaluation.
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Edition of Books
   
[14] Soares, Isabel; Ferreira, Paula (Editors) “2013 International Conference on Energy & Environment: bringing together Economics and Engineering - Book of Proceedings”, Porto, ISBN 978-972-95396-8-8
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MSc dissertations
   
[15] Carneiro, Patrícia (2010) Avaliação Económica da Biomassa para a Produção de Energia, Tese de Mestrado em Engenharia Industrial, Universidade do Minho, Dezembro 2010.
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[16] Santos, Lucia (2011) “THE APPLICATION OF REAL OPTIONS TO THE ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF ELECTRICITY GENERATION INVESTMENTS” Master of Sciences Dissertation in Environment Economics and Management, Faculdade de Economia do Porto, 2013.
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[17] Fernandes, Bartolomeu (2011) “Application of the Real Options Theory to investments appraisal”, Tese de mestrado Engenharia e Gestão Industrial, Universidade do Minho, Dezembro 2011.
http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/16469
   
[18] Fernandes, Liliana (2012) “Um sistema elétrico 100% renovável: o caso Português", Tese de Mestrado em Gestão Ambientar, Universidade do Minho, Dezembro 2012.
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[19] Lima, Fátima (2012) “Regional and local impacts of wind power projects“, Tese de Mestrado em Gestão Ambientar, Universidade do Minho,Dezembro 2012.
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[20] Correia, J (2013) “Impact of Climate Change on Electricity Planning – Portuguese Case” Tese de Mestrado em Gestão Ambientar, Universidade do Minho, Dezembro 2013.
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[21] Gomes, K (2013) “A ACEITAÇAO SOCIAL DE PARQUES EÓLICOS: ESTUDO DE UM CASO NO NORTE DE PORTUGAL” Tese de Mestrado em Gestão Ambientar, Universidade do Minho, Dezembro 2013.
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[22] Matos, E (2013) “Seleção de Portefólios de projetos de geração de eletricidade” Tese de Mestrado em Engenharia de Sistemas, Universidade do Minho, Dezembro 2013.
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Conferences proceedings (full paper)
   
[23] Ferreira, Paula (2013) “The cost and emission saving potential of wind power” 8th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, Dubrovnik, Croácia, 22-27 setembro, 2013.
http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/26548
   
[24] Cunha, Jorge; Ferreira, Paula (2013) “Project evaluation for small hydro power investments in Portugal “ 8th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, Dubrovnik, Croatia, September 22-27, 2013. http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/25961
   
[25] Fernandes, Liliana; Ferreira, Paula (2013) “Renewable energy scenarios in the portuguese electricity system” International Conference on Energy & Environment: bringing together Economics and Engineering, Porto, Portugal, 9-10 May 2013. http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/26140
   
[26] Pereira, Sérgio; Ferreira,Paula; Vaz, A I (2013) “Electricity cost optimization in a renewable energy system” International Conference on Energy & Environment: bringing together Economics and Engineering, Porto, Portugal, 9-10 May 2013 http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/26141
   
[27] Ribeiro, Fernando; Ferreira, Paula; Araujo, Madalena; Braga, Ana (2013) “Public opinion on renewable energy technologies. The portuguese case.” International Conference on Energy & Environment: bringing together Economics and Engineering, Porto, Portugal, 9-10 May 2013
http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/26137
   
[28] Lima, Fátima; Ferreira, Paula; Vieira, Fílipa (2013) “Wind Energy and local community perceptions” International Conference on Energy & Environment: bringing together Economics and Engineering, Porto, Portugal, 9-10 May 2013 http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/26136
   
[29] Matos, Eduardo; Ferreira, Paula; Cunha, Jorge (2013) “Selection of portfolios of electricity generation projects: an exploratory study” International Conference on Energy & Environment: bringing together Economics and Engineering, Porto, Portugal, 9-10 May 2013
http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/26112
   
[30] Cunha, Jorge; Ferreira, Paula (2013) “A risk analysis of small-hydro power (SHP) plants investment” International Conference on Energy & Environment: bringing together Economics and Engineering, Porto, Portugal, 9-10 May 2013
http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/25958
   
[31] Carneiro, Patricia and Ferreira, Paula (2010) “A contribution to economic evaluation of biomass energy” In International Conference on Applied Business and Economics (ICABE), 99-11 September 2010.
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[32] Carneiro, Patrícia; Ferreira, Paula "The evaluation of biomass power projects" In ICOPEV-International Conference on Project Economic Evaluation, Guimarães, Portugal, 28-29 April 2011.
http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/15566
   
[33] Fernandes, Bartolomeu; Cunha, Jorge; Ferreira, Paula (2011) "Evaluation of RES projects for electricity generation" in Dubrovnik Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 25-29 September 2011.
http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/15606
   
[34] Fernandes, Bartolomeu; Cunha, Jorge; Ferreira, Paula "Real Options Theory in comparison to other project evaluation techniques" In ICOPEV-International Conference on Project Economic Evaluation, Guimarães, Portugal, 28- 29 April 2011
http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/15567
   
[35] Ferreira, Paula; Cunha, Jorge (2012) “On the use of MPT to derive optimal RES electricity generation mixes”, ECOS 2012 - International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, Perugia, Italy, 26-29 June 2012
http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/21676
   
[36] Ferreira, Paula; Cunha, Jorge (2011) "Sustainable development and energy sector regulatory models in energy economics" in Dubrovnik Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 25-29 September 2011.
   
[37] Gonçalves, J; Ferreira, Paula; Afonso, Paulo (2011) "Policy and Legislation for a New Energy Paradigm: the case of the Portuguese Legal Framework for Microgeneration" In International Conference on Project Economic Evaluation, Guimarães, Portugal, 28-29 April 2011
http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/15368
   
[38] Pereira, Sérgio; Ferreira, Paula, Vaz, A. Ismael "Optimization models to support sustainable electricity planning decisions" In ICOPEV-International Conference on Project Economic Evaluation, Guimarães, Portugal, 28-29 April 2011
http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/15564
   
[39] Pereira, Sérgio; Ferreira, Paula, Vaz, A. Ismael (2011) "Strategic electricity planning decisions" in Dubrovnik Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 25-29 September 2011.
http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/19314
   
[40] Pereira, Sérgio; Ferreira, Paula, Vaz, A. Ismael (2012) “Short-term scheduling model for a wind-hydro-thermal electricity system” in ECOS - International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, Perugia, Italy, 26-29 June 2012.
http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/21679
   
[41] Ribeiro, F; Ferreira, Paula; Araújo, Madalena (2011) "A methodology to address social concerns on electricity planning” in Dubrovnik Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 25-29 September 2011.
http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/15602
   
[42] Ribeiro, F; Ferreira, Paula; Araújo, Madalena "Using expert interviews to create electricity scenarios and to assess social impacts" in ICOPEV-International Conference on Project Economic Evaluation, Guimarães, Portugal, 28-29 April 2011.
http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/15570
   
[43] Ribeiro, Fernando; Ferreira, Paula; Araújo, Madalena (2012) “A Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Tool to Support Electricity Planning” in ECOS - International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, Perugia, Italy, 26-29 June 2012
http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/21678
   
   

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