APREN awards €15,000 in prizes to four renewable energy researchers

The Portuguese Renewable Energy Association (APREN) awarded four researchers a total of €15,000 in its 11th annual prize for academic work on energy transition and renewables. Jónatas Manzolli of the University of Coimbra won the top doctoral prize of €5,500 for research on AI-based management of electric bus fleets, while Felipe Teixeira Duarte of FEUP took second place for a wave energy optimisation model. In the master's category, Mariana Guedes and Tomás Glória of Instituto Superior Técnico won first and second prizes respectively. This year's edition highlighted the practical use of artificial intelligence and advanced mathematical models, and featured a renewed jury including representatives from APA, DGEG, the Climate Agency and LNEG.