José Villar

Born in 1967 in Madrid, José Villar is senior researcher at the Centre for Energy Systems of INESC TEC since 2017, and currently responsible for the Electricity Markets area that is dedicated to the modelling and regulation of electricity markets in a context of decarbonization and decentralisation of the energy system. PhD from the "Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieria-ICAI" of the "Universidad Pontificia Comillas" (Madrid) in 1997, he was member of the "Instituto de Investigación Tecnológica -IIT" of the same university and sub-director from 2004 to 2016, and Associate Professor until 2017 at the same university. He has participated in more than 80 research projects with industry and administrations, and has coauthored more than 140 research papers in international journals and conferences. His areas of interest focus on modelling and regulation of electricity markets, integration of renewable energy sources and decentralisation of the energy system.

Domains

Power and Energy Systems Power and Energy Systems

Projects

ESGRIDS

Enhancing smart GRIDs for sustainability

PriceMining

Application of advanced data analytics techniques to wholesale electricity market prices (i.e., day-ahead and regulation reserve) in order to extract conclusions from data dependencies, patterns and behaviors. Causality analysis of day-ahead market prices, regulation reserve volume and prices.

Estudo dos preços de mercado utilizando técnicas avançadas de data analytics

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Publications

Analysis of the Portuguese and Spanish NECPs Using the CEVESA MIBEL Market Model

De Oliveira A.R.;Collado J.V.;Martínez S.D.;Lopes J.A.P.;Saraiva J.T.;Campos F.A.;

2024

International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM

GDBN, A Customer-centric Digital Platform to Support the Value Chain of Flexibility Provision

Coelho, F;Rodrigues, L;Mello, J;Villar, J;Bessa, R;

2024

International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM

Shared Batteries Business Models for Energy Communities

Moreno A.;Villar J.;MacEdo P.;Silva R.;Bayo S.;Bessa R.;

2024

International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM

Impact of COVID-19 and Ukraine-Russia Conflict on the National Energy and Climate Strategies of Portugal and Spain

López Maciel, MA;Meireles, M;Villar, J;Oliveira, A;Ramalho, E;Lima, F;Madaleno, M;Dias, MF;Robaina, M;

2024

International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM

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Supervised theses

Soluções flexíveis para a privacidade de dados

Bruna Raquel Noversa Macieira

M - 2024

UM-EEUM

Centres

Power and Energy Systems

INESC TEC’s main actor in the energy field is the Centre for Power and Energy Systems (CPES), which falls within the Cluster Energy Systems. We at CPES are internationally recognised for our expertise in the integration of renewable energy in power systems, distributed generation, storage, smart grids and areas traditionally associated with the planning and operation of power systems. The high level of expertise developed has allowed our experts at CPES to take on key roles in important EU projects as part of the successive framework programmes that led to notable scientific and technical advances with considerable impact on industry. This has led to contracts for development and consultancy with companies manufacturing equipment and with generation, transmission and distribution companies, regulators, government agencies and investors in Europe, South America, the United States of America and Africa. At CPES, we address the following main research areas: Decision Making, Optimisation and Computational Intelligence, Forecasting, Static and Dynamic analysis of Energy Grids, Reliability, Power Electronics.