Scholar
Ricardo J. Bessa
Google Scholar ID: Nvz34NIAAAAJ
Coordinator of the Center for Power and Energy Systems at INESC TEC
Citations & Impact
Citations
6,370
H-index
39
i10-index
81
Publications
20
Co-authors
0
Contact
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- - Published in Q1 journals with a Scopus h-index of 40
- - Co-founded the start-up company Prewind
- - Served as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy
- - Served as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy
- - Secretary of the IEEE Working Group on Energy Forecasting and Analytics (2002-)
- - Vice-chair of the IEEE Task Force on Data Sharing in Energy Systems (2022-)
- - Secretary of CIGRE WG2.42 (2022-2024) about using AI in power networks operations and control
Research Experience
- - Worked as a Junior Researcher and Project Grantee at INESC TEC from 2006 to 2009
- - FCT Ph.D. Grantee at INESC TEC from 2009 to 2013, working on several international and national projects
- - Became a Senior Researcher at INESC TEC in 2013, coordinating the Energy Analytics and Forecasting Area and a multidisciplinary team
- - Coordinator of INESC TEC’s Centre for Power and Energy Systems since 2018, managing a strong team of over 100 researchers
- - Actively participated in multiple EU projects such as SuSTAINABLE, evolvDSO, HYPERBOLE, InterConnect
- - Technical coordinator of the InterGrid project
Education
- Earned a Ph.D. in Sustainable Energy Systems from the University of Porto (MIT Portugal) in 2013.
Background
- Research interests include wind power forecasting and its integration into power system operations. Developed control room software tools, novel approaches for wind power forecasting, and decision-aid tools in various international and national projects.
Co-authors