Mission and Values
Centro de Investigação
em Energia REN - State Grid, S.A. (R&D NESTER), an entity 50% owned by the
REN Group, was established in May 2013 with the goal of creating a global and
independent R&D centre, with a multicultural DNA and a long run strategic
thinking, innovating for a smart, clean, efficient and sustainable energy
system.
MISSION
Our mission:
- Provide an international platform for knowledge, delivering innovative solutions, approaches and methods to be applied into energy systems.
- Provide new tools, strategies and processes, well-tuned to the new energy paradigm, and serving as a driving force towards more efficient and sustainable energy systems.
- Enhance the shareholders' international reputation, in the fields of power systems operation and planning.
VISION
Our vision is to be a research, development, and innovation centre with international prestige and a leadership position in the intelligent planning and management of energy systems.
VALUES
TALENT
A people centered and talent-based culture enables people to capitalize
on their talents and provides a work environment that challenges and rewards
efforts, inspiring enthusiasm, dedication and passion to pursue the research
goals.
We search for excellence. Excellence in scientific and technical
knowledge that we produce, excellence in solutions and services we provide.
Our teams are made of people
- with scientific recognition and high technological capacity;
- with the talent to manage science establishing connections and using knowledge networks;
- with the talent to manage creativity, knowledge, and interactions for innovation.
MULTICULTURALISM
Multiculturalism stimulates creativity and act like a catalyst to
bring innovative and advanced technologies and solutions.
Our teams are made up of people
- with complementary skills and a very rich multicultural diversity;
- leading to the interaction between different cultures;
- fields of knowledge, technologies, areas of expertise, and business experiences.
AUDACITY
The audacity to create, to innovate.
The audacity to change the future of energy and shape the future of
Humanity.
Our teams are made of people
- with the audacity to tread new paths, to create, to change;
- with the courage to face challenges, take risks and overcome obstacles.
AGILITY
AND FLEXIBILITY
The
agility and flexibility that enhance changes and create an environment that is
conductive to ongoing innovation.
Our teams are made of people
- with the agility and flexibility to adapt to new global realities;
- face challenges and find solutions fast;
- to adjust to production requirements of a smarter grid;
- to manage human relationships, form collaborative networks and forge partnerships;
- to manage applied science generating social and economic value.
The energy system itself needs flexibility at all levels - generation, transmission, distribution and final use.
