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BeFlexible

About Project

BeFlexible (Boosting Engagement to Increase Flexibility) is an EU H2020 project that aims at increasing the energy system flexibility, enhancing cooperation among DSOs and with TSOs and easing participation of all energy-related actors in the flexibility provision value chain. The methodology is based on 4 conceptual blocks, namely, a) the markets and regulatory analysis and the definition of a flexibility framework for new business opportunities, b) the adaptation and test of a set of services for flexibility and cross-sector solutions for the activities related to flexibility provision, c) the design of an architecture and a specific implementation as the Grid Data and Business Network (GDBN) to provide support to the energy-centric and cross-sector activities of the flexibility provision, and d) the development of strategies for end customers engagement in the flexibility provision.

Acronym

BeFlexible

Responsible

Ricardo Jorge Gomes de Sousa Bento Bessa

Status

active

Start

January 1, 2022

End

January 31, 2026

Effective End

Global Budget

€7,999,787.00

Financing

€586,681.00

Members

Team Leaders

Ricardo Jorge Bessa

Ricardo Bessa was born in 1983 in Viseu, and received his Licenciado (5-years) degree from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Portugal (FEUP) in 2006 in Electrical and Computer Engineering. In 2008, he received the M.Sc. degree in Data Analysis and Decision Support Systems from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Porto (FEP). He obtained his Ph.D. degree in the Doctoral Program in Sustainable Energy Systems (MIT Portugal) at FEUP in 2013. Currently, he is Coordinator of the Center for Power and Energy Systems at INESC TEC. He worked on several international projects such as the European Projects FP6 ANEMOS.plus, FP7 SuSTAINABLE, FP7 evolvDSO, Horizon 2020 UPGRID, Horizon 2020 InteGrid, H2020 Smart4RES, H2020 InterConnect, HORIZON ENERSHARE, and an international collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy. At the national level, he participated in the development of renewable energy forecasting systems and consultant services about energy storage and AI. Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy and received the ESIG Excellence Award in 2022. He is co-authors of more than 60 journal papers and 120 conference papers, and IEEE Senior Member.

Fábio André Coelho

Fábio Coelho (Male, PhD) is currently a senior researcher of HASLab, one of INESC TEC's research units. He holds a PhD in Computer Science, in the context of the MAP-i Doctoral Programme, from the universities of Minho, Aveiro and Porto (Portugal). His research is focused on cloud HTAP databases, cloud computing, distributed systems, P2P/ledger based systems and benchmarking. He has several international publications in top-tier conferences, such as SRDS, DAIS and ICPE. He participated in several national and EU projects such as CoherentPaaS, LeanBigData, CloudDBAppliance and Integrid. Currently he works closely with the Power and Energy Centre of INESC TEC in the provisioning of ICT solutions for coordination and distributed communication.

Team Members

Fábio André Coelho

Fábio Retorta

Alcino Cunha

José Villar

Ricardo Silva

José Orlando Pereira

Jorge Correia Pereira

José Nuno Fidalgo

João Tomé Saraiva

Ricardo Jorge Bessa

Associated Centres

High-Assurance Software

At the High-Assurance Software Laboratory (HASLab), we improve practice through theory, creating and implementing software that goes beyond mere functionality: we ensure it is correct, resilient, and secure against failures and attacks. Our team of researchers, scientists, and engineers has proven expertise in software engineering, developing methods and tools to design and integrate robust software; in distributed systems, exploring distribution and replication to ensure scalability and reliability; and in information security, addressing cybersecurity challenges and improving systems with advanced, secure cryptographic protocols, thus minimising vulnerabilities. With a multidisciplinary approach supported by solid theoretical principles, we develop innovative solutions for critical software, secure cloud infrastructures, and privacy-aware big data management, driving scientific advancement, innovation, and high-level consultancy. In addition, we complement our core expertise with work in human-computer interaction, programming languages, computational mathematics, and quantum computing - because we believe the future of trustworthy software is built on knowledge and innovation.

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.