New book on electricity production from renewable energy sources
Rui Castro — a researcher in the Sustainable Power Systems Group at INESC-ID and Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Instituto Superior Técnico — has published a new book: Electricity Production from Renewables (Springer Nature, 2022).
In Electricity Production from Renewables, Rui Castro explores economically competitive renewable energy sources (RES), including onshore and offshore wind, solar and small-hydro plants, while focusing on the electricity production from these sources. Presenting theoretical concepts related to the electrical framework associated with RES (alongside examples and solved problems), this book introduces the topic of renewable power sources to graduate students, researchers and practitioners alike.
Electricity Production from Renewables follows Castro’s two previous volumes on Power Systems (co-autored with Eduarda Pedro; IST Press, 2015) and Renewable Energy (IST Press, 2018), both in Portuguese.
Full publication details:
Book title: Electricity Production from Renewables
Authors: Rui Castro
Year of publication: 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82416-7
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-82415-0
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-82418-1
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-82416-7
Number of pages: 388
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OLISSIPO Workshop: “How to design a graphical abstract” with Dr. Rita Félix (CNC-UC)
On April 19, the OLISSIPO project will host an 8-hour workshop titled “How to design a graphical abstract” with Dr. Rita Félix, a science communicator, illustrator and designer from CNC Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (Coimbra, Portugal). Registration is free and seating is limited.
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Date & Time: April 19, 09h00-18h00 ( 8-hours)
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Summary: “How to design a graphical abstract” Workshop aims to explain what a graphical abstract is, and give you design tools and tips on how to create a better, clear and engaging graphical abstract. This workshop is tailored to give you tools and improve your graphical abstract, without having to learn how to use a new software program (like Adobe Illustrator). Bring your graphical abstract, share it with the class, work on it and take home a new version.
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INESC-ID talk: “Rise of the AI-Empowered End User Software Engineer” by Ed Ayers and Andy Gordon (Cogna)
On April 19, INESC-ID will host a talk by Ed Ayers and Andy Gordon from the startup Cogna. The talk is titled “Rise of the AI-Empowered End User Software Engineer” and is organised by INESC-ID researcher Nuno Lopes.
Date & Time: April 19, 15h00 -16h00
Where: INESC-ID, Rua Alves Redol, 9, 1000-029 Lisboa | Room 9 (Auditorium), Ground Floor
Summary:
“What if natural language really is the new programming language? Inspired by the transformation of professional software engineering by generative AI, let’s take the next step: empowering end users. We can boost their productivity with hyper-customized software generated from natural language. This challenge needs research right across software engineering: requirements, architecture, coding, testing, verification, repair, and maintenance. We will survey current progress and open research questions in this exciting new area of programming language research.”
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