Last week, R&D Nester was represented in this year's edition of the PowerTech Conference, that was held in Madrid, Spain at Comillas University, with a simultaneous virtual format.

PowerTech is the anchor conference of IEEE PES in Europe. It provides a forum for engineers and scientists in electric power and energy systems to present their work and share information in this area of growing interest and importance in the industry and economy worldwide.

This year edition lemma is "Power for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)" which emphasizes the relevance of renewable and digitized power systems in achieving some of the main SDGs: fighting against climate change, affordable and clean energy for all, clean water and sanitation, and sustainable cities and communities, among others. The electrification of mobility, climatization of buildings, and industrial uses are the main drivers for achieving sustainable and CO2-neutral economies by 2050. This conference brings the opportunity to share and discuss challenges, technological solutions, and business and regulatory models for a more sustainable future.

In this 14^th edition R&D Nester is the author in one article that was presented entitled "Identification of clouds using a all-sky imager". Researcher João Esteves presented this paper whose content was produced in the scope of R&D Nester project UltraFOR that aims the "Improvement of the very short-term forecast for solar PV", investigating cloud recognition methods based on all sky imager data and research about cloud height calculation based on two all sky imagers.

Another R&D Nester presentation entitled "Energy Storage: from value to markets" was made on the 4^th day of this conference by researcher Ricardo Pastor in a special session dedicated to the role of Energy Storage in Power Systems. Its content was produced based on the experience gathered in several projects in which R&D Nester participates such as "Energy Storage Planning", "Renewable Integration Tools" or "OSMOSE". The invitation for this R&D Nester presentation comes within the scope of R&D Nester involvement in Working Group 2 "Storage Technologies and Sector Interfaces" of ETIP-SNET. This WG2 addresses the technological and market developments related to energy storage solutions to ensure the required level of flexibility for the transmission and distribution of electricity.

For more information:

"Energy Storage Planning" R&D Nester Project

"Renewable Integration Tools" R&D Nester Project

UltraFOR R&D Nester Project

ETIP-SNET WG2 "Storage Technologies and Sector Interfaces"

For more information regarding this event: PowerTech 2021 website