The EV4EU project participated in CIRED 2025, one of the world’s leading conferences on electricity distribution, held from June 16 to 18 in Geneva, Switzerland, sharing its most recent research results on electric mobility and smart grid integration.
At the Conference, the project was represented by partners from EDP R&D and INESC ID, who highlighted the latest project advancements.
On the first day, Pedro Carvalho, senior researcher at INESC ID and part of the EV4EU project, opened the first of three CIRED 2025 tutorials by presenting a comprehensive framework for integrating flexibility services (FS) into traditional distribution network planning. In his presentation, he highlighted how EV4EU contributes to this vision by providing FS solutions that can be combined with conventional infrastructure reinforcement investment to solve network congestion management problems, thereby making FS-supported hybrid solutions the new paradigm in distribution planning.
Representing project partner EDP R&D, João Mateus delivered an oral presentation on June 18th during the “Strategies and Management session. His talk, titled “Forecasting and Mitigating the Impact of Electric Vehicle Integration on Local Distribution Grids: The São Miguel Island Case Study,” showcased how smart charging – both standalone and PV -integrated – can help reduce peak demand and defer costly infrastructure upgrades.
“Our work focused on forecasting and mitigating the impact of electric vehicle integration on local distribution grids, using São Miguel Island in the Azores as a case study. We explored how smart charging strategies – both standalone and integrated with solar PV- can significantly reduce peak demand and defer costly grid reinforcements.”, explains João Mateus.
The work was carried out in collaboration with Samuel Matias, Francisco Serejo Soares Branco, Carlos Caetano Martins, Miguel Quinto, Pedro Ribeiro, and Hugo Morais.
On June 19th, INESC ID researcher Larissa Montefusco presented her work during the Poster Tour on New Use Cases & Special Applications in Operation. Her poster, “Optimal Management of Energy Communities considering Electric Mobility,” detailed a deterministic optimization model for energy communities, designed to minimize costs and maximize self-consumption.
The model supports diverse configurations and offers flexibility for services like load reduction, curtailment, and V2X integration. Its versatility makes it ideal for real-world applications.
This research was conducted in collaboration with Tomás Glória, Cindy P. Guzman and Hugo Morais.
According to Larissa, her experience at the conference was extremely positive: “I had the opportunity to follow the latest trends in the energy distribution sector and learn a great deal from the oral sessions and fellow researchers’ work. It was a fantastic experience to exchange ideas with peers and see the innovative projects shaping the future of energy across Europe.”
CIRED 2025 is a privileged platform for collaboration and innovation in the field of power systems. The first CIRED Conference was organised in May 1971 by AIM – Association des Ingénieurs de Montefiore, Belgium.
Currently the conference takes place every two years, under the name of CIRED. Originally alternating between the UK and Belgium, the conference now visits a different European location every two years.
More about the event here.
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