On February 20th, EV4EU’s Portuguese partners from INESC ID and EDP NEW gathered in Lisbon to review the progress of the Portuguese Demonstrator and the solutions being developed at INESC ID. To foster collaboration and provide additional insights, EDP NEW invited representatives from EDP Comercial – the EDP Group subsidiary that specializes in offering integrated energy and services to both residential and business clients – to join the event.
During the first part of the meeting, the focus was on presentations to introduce the work being developed under the project at INESC ID. Hugo Morais, project Coordinator at INESC ID, opened the session with a welcome note, and Cindy P. Gúzman, the EV4EU postdoc researcher responsible for leading the meeting, presented an overview of the Portuguese Demonstrator.
Herbert Amezquita then provided insights into the Forecasting Module of the project’s control architecture, that gathers real‐time data – such as solar PV output, household consumption, and EV usage patterns – to generate short-term predictions of energy demand and generation.
Following this, Cindy introduced the Optimizer module – designed for House, Buildings Demo, and the Company demonstrator – to enable adaptive, efficient V2X management across homes, buildings, and parking areas in order to determine the best control actions. The main goal is to minimize costs and maximize system efficiency.
Larissa Montefusco presented the new Platform and Graphical User Interface (GUI) that enables real-time management and a personalized charging system for EV4EU users. This innovative solution features two dedicated apps – one for residential users and another for building or corporate users.
The final presentation by Marcelo Forte focused on the application of clustering methods to EV charging data due to their flexibility potential in two aspects: temporal by indicating the available periods to shift the charging process, without modifying the power of the charging process; and power, referring to the capability of reducing the charging power to achieve the desired flexibility at a given period.
At the meeting, EDP NEW was represented by João Mateus, Tiago Lourenço, Francisco Branco, and Samuel Matias, alongside Jaime Souza, Hugo Grancho Silva, Pedro Adão, Inês Figueiredo Cruz, and João André Cruz from EDP Comercial. The open discussion allowed EDP Comercial representatives – who are not part of the consortium and less familiar with EV4EU solutions – to raise questions about the presented solutions.
After the presentations, the group moved to the facilities of Instituto Superior Técnico Electric Machines Laboratory, where demo tests are being conducted. The INESC ID team showcased the functionalities of the control architecture for the Portuguese demonstrator, taking into account real-time performance metrics and system adaptability.
According to Cindy P. Guzman, “Our control architecture is currently being validated through real-world operation and monitoring at the demonstrator site in the Azores Archipelago. Additionally, all three demonstrators are being improved to enhance forecasting algorithms for consumption, production, and energy requirements for electric mobility, leveraging continuously accumulated monitoring data. Furthermore, user interaction interfaces are being developed to make intelligent management decisions even more precise, optimizing energy efficiency, maximizing the use of solar generation, and reducing users’ energy costs through smart electric vehicle charging.”
The meeting served as an excellent platform to share ongoing project developments with the EDP Comercial Team, which is not part of the consortium, while establishing the ground for future collaborations.
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