APREN Award
Applications for the 10th edition of the APREN award are open!
This Award, an initiative of APREN - The Portuguese Renewable Energy Association that began in 2015, aims to distinguish the best academic master's dissertations, written in Portuguese or English, within the scope of electricity from renewable sources, carried out in higher education institutions in Portugal.
The award, which this year is aimed at master's students, maintains its renewable energy orientation, but now covers all themes related to the development of the sector, including transport and distribution infrastructure, centralized and decentralized production and flexibility mechanisms for storing electrical energy, under the need to promote the decarbonization of the economy and increased energy efficiency.
The jury has the following composition:
- Jorge Vasconcelos, NEWES (President of the Juri)
- Ana Teresa Perez, APA – Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente;
- Bernardo Silva, FEUP – Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto;
- Edgar Fernandes, IST – Instituto Superior Técnico;
- Lígia Pinto, Universidade do Minho;
- Margarita Robaina, Universidade de Aveiro;
- Miguel Brito, FCUL – Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa;
- Mónica Meireles, ISCTE;
- Nuno Souza e Silva, R&D Nester;
- Patrícia Fortes, FCT – Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa;
- Paulo Partidário, DGEG – Direção-Geral de Energia e Geologia;
- Pedro Carvalho, IST – Instituto Superior Técnico;
- Pedro Horta, Universidade de Évora;
- Sofia Simões, LNEG – Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia.
Check the regulations on this page and find out the requirements to apply. Applications close on December 6, 2024.