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Research and publications

 

Publications in refereed journals and book chapters 

 

Santos, MJ; Ferreira, Paula; Araújo, Madalena, Portugal-Pereira, J; Lucena, A.; Schaeffer, R (2017) “Scenarios for the future Brazilian power system based on a multicriteria assessment”, accepted for publication in Journal of Cleaner Production.

Sérgio Pereira, Paula Ferreira, A.I.F. Vaz (2017) "Generation expansion planning with high share of renewables of variable output", Applied Energy, Vol. 190, 1275-1288.

Anabela Botelho, Paula Ferreira, Fátima Lima, Lígia M. Costa Pinto, Sara Sousa (2017), "Assessment of the environmental impacts associated with hydropower", Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol 70, 896–904

Brahim Haddah, Abdelkrim Liazid, Paula Ferreira (2017) "A multi-criteria approach to rank renewables for the Algerian electricity system", Renewable Energy, Vol.107, 462–472

Lunardo Alves de Sena, Paula Ferreira, Ana Cristina Braga (2016) "Social acceptance of wind and solar power in the Brazilian electricity system" Environment, Development and Sustainability, vol. 18 (5), 1457-1476.

Santos, MJ; Ferreira, Paula; Araújo, Madalena (2016) “A methodology to incorporate risk and uncertainty in electricity power planning”, Energy, Vol. 115, 1400-1411.

Álvaro Cunha; Francisco P. Brito; Jorge Martins; Nuno G Rodrigues; Vítor Monteiro; João L Afonso;  Paula Ferreira (2016) “Assessment of the use of Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries for Energy Storage and Fast Charging of Electric Vehicles in Gas Stations”, Energy, Vol. 115, 1478-1494.

José Fontainhas; Jorge Cunha;  Paula Ferreira (2016) “Is investing in an electric car worthwhile from a consumers' perspective?”, Energy, Vol. 115, 1459-1477

Gyanendra Singh Sisodia; Isabel Soares; Paula Ferreira “Modeling Business Risk: The Effect of Regulatory Revision on Renewable Energy Investment - The Iberian Case Renewable Energy” Renewable Energy,  Vol. 95, pp. 303–313

Pereira, Sérgio; Ferreira, Paula; A.I.F. Vaz  (2016)  “Optimization modelling to support renewables integration in power systems”  Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol.  55, pp. 316-325.

Sisodia,  Gyanendra Singh, Soares,  Isabel, Ferreira,  Paula, Banerji,  Sanjay, Prasad,  Rajiv (2015) “Projected Business Risk of Regulatory Change on Wind Power Project: Case of Spain” Energy Procedia, Vol. 79, pp. 1054-1060.

Pereira, Sérgio; Ferreira, Paula; A.I.F. Vaz  (2015)  “A simplified optimization model to short-term electricity planning” Energy, vol. 93 (2), pp. 2126-2135.

Matos, Eduardo; Monteiro, Teresa.; Ferreira, Paula; Cunha, Jorge; García-Rubio, Raquel; (2015) "An optimization approach to select portfolios of electricity generation projects with renewable energies" Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences, Vol.. 9 (2L),   pp. 357-363

Hede, Shantesh; Nunes, Manuel; Ferreira, Paula, Rocha, Luís (2014) “Credits Trading Mechanism for Corporate Social Responsibility: An Empirically Grounded Framework" International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development, Vol. 7 (1), Vol.7, pp.49 – 92.

Santos, Lúcia; Soares, Isabel; Mendes, Carla; Ferreira, Paula  (2014) “Real Options versus Traditional Methods to assess Renewable Energy Projects”, Renewable Energy, Vol. 68, pp. 588-594.

Fernandes, Liliana; Ferreira, Paula (2014) “Renewable energy scenarios in the Portuguese electricity system”, Energy, Vol. 69, pp. 51-57.

Cunha, Jorge; Ferreira, Paula (2014) “A Risk Analysis of Small-Hydro Power (SHP) Plants Investments” International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management, Vol. 2.pp. 47-62

Pereira, Sérgio; Ferreira, Paula; A.I.F. Vaz (2014) “Short-term electricity planning with increase wind capacity”, Energy, Vol. 69, pp. 12-22. 

Ribeiro, Fernando; Ferreira, Paula, Araújo, Madalena, Braga, Ana Cristina (2014) “Public opinion on renewable energy technologies in Portugal”, Energy, Vol. 69, pp. 39-50.

Fernando Ribeiro, Paula Ferreira, Madalena Araújo (2013) “Sustainability assessment of electricity production using a logic models approach”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 28, pp. 215-223 .

Hede, Shantesh; Nunes, Manuel;  Ferreira, Paula, Rocha, Luís (2013) “Incorporating sustainability in decision-making for medical device development”, Technology in Society, Vol. 35 (4) pp. 276-293.

Lima, Fátima; Ferreira, Paula; Vieira, Filipa (2013) "Strategic impact management of wind power projects" Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 25, pp. 277-290

Ribeiro, Fernando; Ferreira, Paula; Araújo, Madalena (2013) "Evaluating future scenarios for the power generation sector using a Multi-Criteria Decision and Analysis (MCDA) tool: the Portuguese case " Energy,  Vol, 52, pp. 126-136.

Ferreira, Paula; Soares, Isabel; Araújo, Madalena (2012) "The Impact of Fuel and CO2 Prices on Electricity Power Plans" European Research Studies Journal, Vol. XV, Special Issue on Energy 2012, pp. 31-46.

Carneiro, Patrícia; Ferreira, Paula (2012) "The Economic, Environmental and Strategic Value Of Biomass" Renewable Energy, vol.44, pp. 17-22

Ribeiro, Fernando; Ferreira, Paula; Araújo, Madalena (2011) "The inclusion of social aspects in power planning" Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 15, pp. 4361-4369.

Fernandes, Bartolomeu; Cunha, Jorge; Ferreira, Paula (2011) "The use of Real Options approach in energy sector investments" Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 15, pp. 4491-4497

Ferreira, Paula; Araújo, Madalena and O’Kelly, M.E.J. (2010) “The integration of social concerns into electricity power planning: A combined Delphi and AHP approach”,  in Handbook of Power Systems, Rebennack, S.; Pardalos, P.M.; Pereira, M.V.F.; Iliadis, N.A. (Eds.), 1st Edition, pp 323-364.

Ferreira, Paula; Araújo, Madalena and O’Kelly, M.E.J. (2007) “An overview of the wind power sector in Portugal”, International Transactions in Operational Research, Vol. 14 (1): 39-54.

Ferreira, Paula; Araújo, Madalena and O’Kelly, M.E.J. (2007) “An overview of the Portuguese electricity market”, Energy Policy, Vol 35 (3): 1967-1977.

Ferreira, Paula; Soares, I. and Araújo, M.  (2005) “Liberalisation, consumption heterogeneity and the dynamics of energy prices ”, Energy Policy, Vol. 33 (17): 2244-2255.

Ferreira, Paula; Soares, I. and  Araújo, M. (2004) “The Portuguese natural gas market in the European context”, European Urban and Regional Studies, Vol. 11 (3): 261-272.

Special issues  

Soares, Isabel; Ferreira, Paula; Lund, Henrik (2014) "Energy & Environment: Bringing together Economics and Engineering", Energy, Vol. 69, pp. 1-2.

Poul Alberg Østergaard; Isabel Soares; Paula Ferreira (2014) "Energy efficiency and renewable energy systems in Portugal and Brazil", International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management, Vol. 2, pp. 1-6.

Ferreira, Paula; Soares, Isabel; Lund, Henrik (2016) "Towards low carbon energy systems: engineering and economic perspectives", Energy, Vol. 115, pp. 1345-1346.

Ferreira, Paula; Araújo, Madalena (2016) "Energy & Environment: Bringing together Economics and Engineering" Environment, Development and Sustainability, Vol. 18 (5), pp 1275–1277.

Theses


2008

Ferreira, Paula "Electricity power planning in Portugal: the role of wind energy", PhD Thesis, University of Minho, Portugal.

 


2002

Ferreira, Paula "O gás natural a caminho da liberalização: Uma contribuição através da metodologia VAR" (The liberalisation of the natural gas market in Portugal), M.Sc. Thesis, Faculty of Economics of Porto, Porto, Portugal. (in Portuguese).