João Peças Lopes
João Peças Lopes is a professor at the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Porto (FEUP) and the director of INESC TEC, specializing in electrical engineering and systems. He was recently in the news discussing the complexity of restoring Portugal's electrical grid following a nationwide blackout, emphasizing that the process could take more than ten hours and requires careful, gradual re-energization.
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João Peças Lopes is a professor at the Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto and addresses the issues with renewable energy converters.
A culpa do apagão é das renováveis? Portugal e Espanha é que não têm tecnologia certa | Apagão
Portugal· 2025-04-30
João Peças Lopes is a professor at the Faculty of Engineering of Porto and director of the scientific committee of the doctoral program in Sustainable Engineering Systems.
Apagão parou dois países, mas não aconteceu nada do outro mundo | Podcast P24Portugal· 2025-04-30João Peças Lopes, a professor at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, states that resolving the power outage is a very delicate task.
Apagão: REN diz que pode demorar “mais de uma dezena de horas” a normalizar situação | EnergiaPortugal· 2025-04-28