Insights into Energy Trends

Paulo Sérgio Duque de Brito is Full Professor at the Superior School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre (IPP) and Coordinator of the research centre VALORIZA—Research Centre for Endogenous Resource Valorization. His research interests include bioenergy, waste environmental treatments, materials corrosion, and energy galvanic production.João Rafael Galvão is Professor at the School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic University of Leiria (PUL), Portugal and Member of the researcher center INESC Coimbra. His research focuses on energy systems and innovative technologies for sustainable development.Bruna Rijo is Auxiliar Researcher at the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre (IPP). Her research focuses on thermochemical catalytic conversion processes applied to biomass and plastic waste, production of liquid biofuels, and biochar as a functional material.Cecilia Mateos is a Senior Researcher at the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre (IPP). Her research focuses on renewable gases, heterogeneous catalysis, and CO2 valorization. She collaborates on several European projects in these areas.Filipe S. Neves is a Professor of Computer Programming at the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal. His research interests include telematics and the sustainable use of energy in domestic contexts.Henrique Almeida is Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (IPL). His research focuses on additive manufacturing, engineering design, and digital and physical manufacturing processes.Joel C. Vasco is Associate Professor and Researcher at the School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria. His research focuses on polymer processing, additive manufacturing, and sustainable materials.

• The electric vehicle challenge for the distribution electricity grid.- Sustainably Energy-Efficient Vegetable Dehydration through Active Air Ventilation, Supported by Solar Thermal and PV Energy.- Sludge From Household Setting Tank as a Raw Material Base for Obtaining Low Calorie Gaseous Fuel.- Software-based fluid dynamic simulation of a combustion chamber.- Study of corn crop residue pelletising in a semi-industrial system.- Assessing the inclusiveness of the draft updated National Energy and Climate Plans 2030 of Belgium and Portugal through a hard-to-reach energy users lens.- An assessment of wind resources with micro-generation applied on farmland in inland Portugal.- Marginal land irrigated with treated wastewater. An opportunity for biofuel production in Portugal?.- Characterization of Refuse Derived Fuel pellets and feasibility assessment of their application in CO2 gasification.- Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO): A review onproduction, properties, environmental impact, and future perspectives.- Brewer´s Spent Grain Valorization to Reduce the Energy Bill of Small Craft Breweries in Portugal.- Application of renewable energy – The case of San Tomé Island.- Torrefaction and oxidative carbonization of pine sawdust and chlorella vulgaris.