Towards a smart grid power system in Brazil: Challenges and opportunities

GG Dranka, P Ferreira - Energy Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
The prospects for a smart power system have been widely discussed in the global electricity
sector. Decarbonization, Digitalization and Decentralization are considered the main key …

Economic evaluation methodologies for renewable energy projects

GG Dranka, J Cunha, JD de Lima, PV Ferreira - 2020 - repositorium.uminho.pt
Typically, the economic analysis of Renewable Energy Projects (REP) has been assessed
considering Classical Methodologies of Investment Analysis (CMIA) in which only a few set …

Cost-effectiveness of energy efficiency investments for high renewable electricity systems

GG Dranka, P Ferreira, AIF Vaz - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Although several studies have recognized the challenges brought about the high integration
of Renewable Energy Sources (RES), research has yet to systematically investigate the …

Techno-economic model to appraise the use of cattle manure in biodigesters in the generation of electrical energy and biofertilizer

SA Guares, JD de Lima, GA Oliveira - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2021 - Elsevier
The increase in dependence on electrical energy has become critical during the last
decades. This paper proposes a model to evaluate the technical and economic viability of …

The impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on the economic viability of distributed photovoltaic systems in Brazil

G Rediske, LP Lorenzoni, PD Rigo… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Electricity consumption in Brazil increases significantly, making feasibility studies to diversify
the Brazilian electricity mix with other renewable sources become essential. However, the …

Towards a rational framework for economic and risk assessment of energy efficiency projects

GG Dranka, JD de Lima, D Setti, GA Oliveira… - Sustainable Energy …, 2025 - Elsevier
Shifting towards a low-carbon and sustainable economy requires both a shift to Renewable
Energy Sources (RES) and a significant increase in Energy Efficiency (EE) targets. This …

Optimal segmentation of electrical distribution networks

C Bonetti, J Bianchotti, J Vega… - IEEE Latin America …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
New ways of generating electricity make possible decentralization of energy sources. This
scenario of distributed generation allows efficient management of smaller electricity …

Technical and economic evaluation of cultivation and obtaining of Varronia curassavica Jacq. essential oil

CH Tonial, MFF Rodrigues, MA Bosse… - Industrial Crops and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Varronia curassavica Jacq. is a native medicinal plant from Brazil, its anti-inflammatory,
analgesic and healing properties are mainly due to the presence of α-humulene and β …

Evaluación de mecanismos de incentivo para la generación de energía solar distribuida en San Juan, Argentina

GE Coria, ME Samper - Ingeniare. Revista chilena de ingeniería, 2022 - SciELO Chile
RESUMEN La provincia de San Juan-Argentina presenta importantes valores de radiación
solar que estimulan el desarrollo de la generación solar fotovoltaica distribuida. Además, la …

Introducing conditional expected loss: A novel metric for risk investment analysis

J Donizetti de Lima, R da Rosa da Silva… - The Engineering …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Risk analysis is crucial in real asset investment projects. However, existing risk measures
like VaR (value at risk) and CVaR (conditional value at risk) may not fully capture potential …