APREN Award - 11th Edition

The APREN Award returns for its 11th edition!

The award, which this year is aimed at master's and doctoral students, has, over the past decade, distinguished the best academic dissertations, written in Portuguese or English, on the topic of electricity from renewable sources, carried out in higher education institutions in Portugal.

All themes related to the development of the sector are also covered, including transport and distribution infrastructures, centralized and decentralized production, and flexibility mechanisms for electricity storage, framed by the need to promote the decarbonisation of the economy and increase energy efficiency. These themes must align with the main axes of the energy strategy, along with combating climate change, ensuring security of energy supply, reindustrialisation, the European single market, liberalisation and democratisation of the sector’s value chain, increasing public participation, and achieving sustainable development for the country.

The jury for the 11th Edition is composed of:

• Jorge Vasconcelos, NEWES (President of the Jury)

• Ana Teresa Perez, Climate Agency

• Bernardo Silva, FEUP – Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto

• Lígia Pinto, University of Minho

• Margarita Robaina, University of Aveiro

• Maria do Carmo Figueira, APA – Portuguese Environment Agency

• Miguel Centeno Brito, FCUL – Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon

• Mónica Meireles, ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon

• Nuno Souza e Silva, R&D Nester

• Patrícia Fortes, FCT – Faculty of Science and Technology of NOVA University Lisbon

• Paulo Martins, DGEG – Directorate-General for Energy and Geology

• Pedro Carvalho, IST – Instituto Superior Técnico

• Pedro Horta, University of Évora

• Sofia Simões, LNEG – National Laboratory of Energy and Geology

The award is monetary, distributed as follows:

• Doctorate
  • First Prize:
  • Second Prize:
• Master’s:
  • First Prize:
  • Second Prize:

Chech the regulations and apply by 31 January.