Publications

Book

Rui Castro, Engineering of Power Systems Economics, Springer, 2024, https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-55251-9 

Rui Castro, Electricity Production from Renewables, Springer, 2022, https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-82416-7 

International Journal

1. Rui Castro, Isabela Teixeira, Heat Waves and Photovoltaic Performance: Modelling, Sensitivity, and Economic Impacts in Portugal, Sustainability, 2025, https://doi.org/10.3390/su18010289  

2. Ginevra Vittoria and Rui Castro, Mitigating Load Shedding in South Africa Through Optimized Hybrid Solar–Battery Deployment: A Techno-Economic Assessment, Energies, 2025, https://doi.org/10.3390/en18246480 

3. S. Jahreis, B. Jaeckel, R. Koepge, J. Fröbel, P. Schenk, M. Pander, and Rui Castro, Design, manufacturing, and performance of innovative aluminium-backed BIPV facade modules: a case-study in Germany, Energy and Buildings, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2025.116047 

4. Nuno Rego, Rui Castro, and João Lagarto, Sustainable energy trading and fair benefit allocation in renewable energy communities: A simulation model for Portugal, Utilities Policy, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2025.101986 

5. Tiago R. Lucas Frutuoso, Rui Castro, Ricardo B. S. Pereira, Alexandra Moutinho,  Advancements in Wind Farm Control: Modelling and Multi-Objective Optimization through Yaw-Based Wake Steering, Energies, 2025, https://doi.org/10.3390/en18092247  

6. Henrique Vieira and Rui Castro, A Forward-Looking Assessment of Robotized Operation and Maintenance Practices for Offshore Wind Farms, Energies, 2025, https://doi.org/10.3390/en18061508 

7. Nuno Souza e Silva, Rui Castro and Paulo Ferrão, Smart Grids in the Context of Smart Cities: A Literature Review and Gap Analysis, Energies, 2025, https://doi.org/10.3390/en18051186 

8. Florentin Eckl, Ana Moita, Rui Castro, Rui Costa Neto, Valorization of the by-product oxygen from green hydrogen production: A review, Applied Energy, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.124817 

9. Carlos Santos Silva, Diogo Couceiro, Rui M.G. Castro, The role of pumped hydro storage in the Portuguese National Plan for energy and climate for 2030: A hybrid approach using Energy PLAN and machine learning, Journal of Energy Storage, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2024.114194 

10. Raquel Pereira, Hugo Morais, Rui Castro, Optimising Portugal’s 2050 energy system: Electric vehicles and hydrogen integration using Grey Wolf Optimiser and EnergyPLAN, Energy, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2024.133372 

11. Julien Lemaire, Rui Castro, Fátima Montemor, Empowering Remote and Off-Grid Renewable Energy Communities: Case Studies in Congo, Australia, and Canada, Energies, 2024, https://doi.org/10.3390/en17194848 

12. André Corsetti, Rui Castro, Claudio Geyken, Aneesh Mohan, Commercial EV fleet smart charging for cost reduction and renewables integration: A case study in Germany, Journal of Energy Storage, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2024.113765 

13. Tiago A. Antunes, Rui Castro, Paulo J. Santos, Armando J. Pires, Technology Selection of High-Voltage Offshore Substations Based on Artificial Intelligence, Energies, 2024, https://doi.org/10.3390/en17174278 

14. Rita Apolinário and Rui Castro, Solar-Powered Desalination as a Sustainable Long-Term Solution for the Water Scarcity Problem: Case Studies in Portugal, Water, 2024, https://doi.org/10.3390/w16152140 

15. Julián Gómez and Rui Castro, Green Hydrogen Energy Systems: A Review on Their Contribution to a Renewable Energy System, Energies, 2024, https://doi.org/10.3390/en17133110 

16. Leonardo Vidas, Rui Castro, Alessandro Bosisio, Armando Pires, Optimal sizing of renewables–to–hydrogen systems in a suitable–site–selection geospatial framework: the case study of Italy and Portugal, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2024.114620

17. António Farracho, Rui Castro, Broad-Spectrum Technical and Economic Assessment of a Solar PV Park: A Case Study in Portugal, Processes, 2024, https://doi.org/10.3390/pr12061143 

18. Marcos Eduardo Melo dos Santos, Jewellord Nem Singh, Rui Castro, Hugo Santos, Hirdan Katarina de Medeiros Costa, Edmilson Moutinho dos Santos, SWOT analysis of Brazilian energy policy: A comparative panel data analysis of the twenty largest economies, Energy Policy, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114172 

19. Karolina Kapral, Kobe Soetaert and Rui Castro, An Off-Site Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) as a Tool to Protect against Electricity Price Spikes: Developing a Framework for Risk Assessment and Mitigation, Energies, 2024,  https://doi.org/10.3390/en17092161 

20. Carlos Merino, Rui Castro, Optimization of a Hybrid Solar–Wind Microgrid for Sustainable Development: A Case Study in Antofagasta, Chile, Sustainability, 2024, https://doi.org/10.3390/su16093668 

21. Miguel de Matos Sá, Francisco X. Correia da Fonseca, Luís Amaral, Rui Castro, Optimising O&M scheduling in offshore wind farms considering weather forecast uncertainty and wake losses, Ocean Engineering, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.117518 

22. Pedro Paiva, Rui Castro, Effects of Battery Energy Storage Systems on the Frequency Stability of Weak Grids with a High-Share of Grid-Connected Converters, Electronics, 2024, https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13061083 

23. Mágui Lage, Rui Castro, Giampaolo Manzolini, Valeria Casalicchio, Tânia Sousa, Techno-economic Analysis of Self-Consumption Schemes and Energy Communities in Italy and Portugal, Solar Energy, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2024.112407 

24. Tiago A. Antunes, Rui Castro, Paulo J. Santos, Armando J. Pires, Power-from-shore Optioneering for Integration of Offshore Renewable Energy in Oil & Gas Production, Energies, 2024, https://doi.org/10.3390/en17010151.

25. Gonçalo Calado, Rui Castro, Armando Pires, Miguel J. Marques, Assessment of hydrogen-based solutions associated to offshore wind farms: The case of the Iberian Peninsula, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2023.114268.

26. Nuno Rego, Rui Castro, Carlos Santos Silva, Assessment of Current Smart House Solutions: The Case of Portugal, Energies, 2023, https://doi.org/10.3390/en16227469

27. Marcos Melo, Rui Castro, Hirdan Costa, "Contradictory electric energy policies and its impacts on the renewability of the electric matrix: Brazil as a case study", Heliyon, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19309 

28. Matthew Gough, Sérgio F. Santos, Mohammad S. Javadi, Juan M. Home-Ortiz, Rui Castro, João P. S. Catalão, Bi-level Stochastic Energy Trading Model for Technical Virtual Power Plants considering various Renewable Energy Sources, Energy Storage Systems and Electric Vehicles, Journal of Energy Storage, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2023.107742 

29. Matthew Gough, Kush Rakhsia, Tiago Bandeira, Hugo Amaro, Rui Castro, João P.S. Catalão, Design and implementation of a data-driven intelligent water heating system for an island community: A case study, Energy Conversion and Management, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2023.117007 

30. Teresa Nogueira, Rui Castro, José Magano, Engineering Students Education in Sustainability: The Moderating Role of Emotional Intelligence, Sustainability, 2023 https://doi.org/10.3390/su15065389 

31. Nuno Rego, Rui Castro, Regenerative braking applied to a student team’s electric racing motorcycle prototype: A theoretical study, Applied Sciences, 2023, https://doi.org/10.3390/app13063784 

32. Tiago A. Antunes, Rui Castro, P. J. Santos, A.J. Pires, Standardization of Power-from-shore Grid Connections for Offshore Oil & Gas Production, Sustainability, 2023, https://doi.org/10.3390/su15065041 

33. V. Fernão Pires, A. Cordeiro, D. Foito, A. J. Pires, Chen Hao, J. F. Martins, and Rui Castro, A Cascaded Dual Four-Leg Inverter for Photovoltaic Systems with Capability to Compensate Unbalanced Distribution Networks, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1109/JESTIE.2023.3262449 

34. Pedro Leal, Rui Castro and Fernando Lopes, "Influence of Increasing Renewable Power Penetration on the Long-Term Iberian Electricity Market Prices", Energies, 2023, https://doi.org/10.3390/en16031054 

35. Rui Castro and Carlos Moreira, "Power System Operation – The Challenge of the 100% Renewables Target", INESC TEC SCIENCE & SOCIETY, 2022. 

36. Luiz Jesus, Rui Castro, A.Setas Lopes, Hydrogen-based solutions to help the electrical grid management: Application to the Terceira Island case, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.10.048 

37. Andrzej Boduch, Krzysztof Mik, Rui Castro, Paweł Zawadzki, Technical and economic assessment of a 1 MWp floating photovoltaic system in Polish conditions, Renewable Energy, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2022.07.032 

38. Mágui Lage and Rui Castro, A practical review of the public policies used to promote the implementation of PV technology in Smart-Grids: The case of Portugal, Energies, 2022, https://doi.org/10.3390/en15103567 

39. Leonardo Vidas, Rui Castro and Armando Pires, A Review of the Impact of  Hydrogen Integration in Natural Gas Distribution Networks and Electric Smart Grids, Energies, 2022, https://doi.org/10.3390/en15093160 

40. Atiquzzaman Khan Ankur, Stefan Kraus, Thomas Grube, Rui Castro, Detlef Stolten, A Versatile Model for Estimating the Fuel Consumption of a Wide Range of Transport Modes, Energies, 2022, https://doi.org/10.3390/en15062232

41. Vitor Fernão Pires, Armando Cordeiro, Daniel Foito, Armando José Pires, Chen Hao, João Francisco Martins and Rui Castro, Compensation of Unbalanced Low-Voltage Grids Using a Photovoltaic Generation System with a Dual Four-Leg, Two-Level Inverter, Electronics, 2022, https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11030320 

42. Matthew Gough, Sérgio F. Santos, Mohamed Lotfi, Mohammad S. Javadi, Gerardo J. Osório, Paul Ashraf, Rui Castro, and João P. S. Catalão, Operation of a Technical Virtual Power Plant Considering Diverse Distributed Energy Resources, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2022.3143479 

43. Matthew Gough, Sérgio F. Santos, Artur Almeida, Mohamed Lotfi, Mohammad S. Javadi, Desta Z. Fitiwi, Gerardo J. Osório, Rui Castro, and João P. S. Catalão, Blockchain-based Transactive Energy Framework for Connected Virtual Power Plants, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2021.3131537 

44.  Joana Fernandes, Maria Catarina Santos and Rui Castro, Introductory review of energy-efficiency in buildings retrofits, Energies, 2021, https://doi.org/10.3390/en14238100 

45. Gonçalo Marques Pereira, Rui Castro and Paulo Santos, Carbon emissions and renewables’ share in the future Iberian power system, Inventions, 2021, https://doi.org/10.3390/inventions7010004 

46. Leonardo Vidas and Rui Castro, Recent Developments on Hydrogen Production Technologies: State-of-the-Art Review with a Focus on Green-Electrolysis, Applied Sciences, 2021, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/app112311363 

47. Tiago Meintjes, Rui Castro and Armando Pires, Impact of Vehicle Charging on Portugal’s National Electricity Load Profile in 2030, Utilities Policy, 2021, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2021.101310 

48. Inês Gaspar, Rui Castro and Tânia Sousa, Optimisation and Economic Feasibility of Battery Energy Storage Systems in Electricity Markets: The Iberian Market Case Study, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129255

49. Davide Pereira, Rui Castro and Pedro Adão, Occupancy Detection and Prediction from Electricity Consumption Data in Smart Homes: Application to a Portuguese Case-Study,  Intelligent Buildings International, 2021, doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/17508975.2021.1985418

50. Gonçalo Calado and Rui Castro, "Hydrogen Production from OffshoreWind Parks: Current Situation and Future Perspectives", Applied Sciences 11(12), 2021, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/app11125561

51. Fernando M. Camilo, M. E. Almeida, Rui Castro, and V. Fernão Pires, "Multi-Conductor Line Models for Harmonic Load-Flow Calculations in LV Networks with High Penetration of PV Generation", IEEE Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy, 2021, doi: https://doi.org/10.35833/MPCE.2020.000740.

52. Matthew Gough, Sérgio Santos, Tarek Alskaif, Mohamed Javadi, Rui Castro, João Catalão, "Preserving Privacy of Smart Meter Data in a Smart Grid Environment", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2021,  doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TII.2021.3074915

53. Rui Castro and Miguel Silva, "Experimental and Theoretical Validation of One Diode and Three Parameters–Based PV Models", Energies, 2021, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/en14082140 

54. Juan Henriques, Paulo Ferrão, Rui Castro and João Azevedo, "Industrial Symbiosis: A Sectoral Analysis on Enablers and Barriers", Sustainability, 2021, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/su13041723 

55. Damian Hasterok, Rui Castro, Marcin Landrat, Krzysztof Pikoń, Markus Doepfert, Hugo Morais, "Polish Energy Transition 2040: Energy mix optimization using Grey Wolf Optimizer", Energies, 2021, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/en14020501 .

56. Fernando M. Camilo, Rui Castro,  M. E. Almeida and V. Fernão Pires, "Energy Management in Unbalanced Low Voltage Distribution Networks with Microgeneration and Storage by using a Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithm", Journal of Energy Storage, 2020, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2020.102100 

57. Markus Doepfert, Rui Castro, "Techno-economic optimization of a 100% renewable energy system in 2050 for countries with high shares of hydropower: The case of Portugal", Renewable Energy, 2020, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.11.061 

58. Hugo Morais, Tiago Sousa, Rui Castro, Zita Vale, "Multi-objective Electric Vehicles scheduling using elitist non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm", Applied Sciences, 2020, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/app10227978 

59. Ryszard Górnowicz, Rui Castro, "Optimal design and economic analysis of a PV system operating under Net Metering or Feed-In-Tariff support mechanisms: case study in Poland ", Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 2020, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2020.100863 

60. A. Setas Lopes, Rui Castro and Carlos Silva, "Design of Water Pumped Storage Systems: A sensitivity and scenario analysis for island microgrids", Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 2020, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2020.100847 

61. Miguel Godinho, Rui Castro, Comparative performance of AI methods for wind power forecast in Portugal, Wind Energy, 2020, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/we.2556 

62. Radomir Rogus, Rui Castro, Maciej Soltysik, Comparative analysis of wind energy generation forecasts in Poland and Portugal and their influence on the electricity exchange prices, Inventions, 2020, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/inventions5030035 

63. Luca de Rosa, Rui Castro, Forecasting and Assessment of the 2030 Australian Electricity Mix Paths Towards Energy Transition, Energy, 2020, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2020.118020 

64. Matthew Gough, Sérgio Santos, Mohamed Javadi, Rui Castro, João Catalão, Prosumer Flexibility: State-of-the-Art Review and Scientometric Analysis, Energies, 2020, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/en13112710

65. Miguel Silva, Rui Castro, Mário Batalha, Technical and Economic Optimal Solutions for Utility-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Parks, Electronics, 2020, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9030400 

66. Gonçalo Nazaré, Rui Castro, Luís Roberto Gabriel Filho, "Wind power forecast using Neural Networks: tuning with optimization techniques and error analysis", Wind Energy, 2019, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/we.2460 

67. Marco Barbaro, Rui Castro, "Design optimisation for a hybrid renewable microgrid: Application to the case of Faial Island, Azores Archipelago", Renewable Energy, 2019, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2019.11.034 

68. António Eliseu, Rui Castro, "Wind-Hydro Hybrid Park Operating Strategies", Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 2019, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2019.100561

69. Ricardo Ramos, Rui Castro, "Modelling Renewable Energy Integration in the 2030 Portuguese Power System: The Role of Energy Storage", ASME Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage, 2019, doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4044958 

70. Fernando M. Camilo, Rui Castro, V. Fernão Pires and M. E. Almeida, "Probabilistic Load Elasticity Analysis in Low Voltage Distribution Networks with High Penetration of Photovoltaic Micro Generation", International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, 2019, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijepes.2019.06.002 

71. Mohammad Ali Fotouhi Ghazvini, Sérgio Ramos, João Soares, Rui Castro, Zita Vale, “Liberalization and customer behavior in the Portuguese residential retail electricity market”, Utilities Policy, 2019 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2019.05.005 

72. João Santana, Rui Castro, "Electricity Markets in Europe: How to Recover the Production Costs?", International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, 2019 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/2050-7038.12068 

73. Matthew Gough, Mohamed Lotfi, Rui Castro, Amos Madhlopa, Azeem Khan, João P. S. Catalão, "Urban Wind Resource Assessment: A Case Study on Cape Town", Energies, 2019, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/en12081479 

74. Tiago Pereira, Rui Castro, "A comparison of internal grid topologies of offshore wind farms regarding reliability and economic performance metrics analysis", IET Renewable Power Generation, 2019, doi: https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-rpg.2018.5474 

75. Mohammad Ali Fotouhi Ghazvini, Gianluca Lipari, Marco Pau, Ferdinanda Ponci, Antonello Monti, João Soares, Rui Castro, Zita Vale, “Congestion management in active distribution networks through demand response implementation”, Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, 2019, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.segan.2018.100185 

76. Rui Castro, "Data-driven PV modules modelling: Comparison between equivalent electric circuit and artificial intelligence based models", Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 2018, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2018.10.011 

77. Tiago Pinto, Mohammad Ali Fotouhi Ghazvini, João Soares, Ricardo Faia, Juan Corchado, Rui Castro, Zita Vale, "Decision support for negotiations among microgrids using a multiagent architecture", Energies, 2018, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/en11102526 

78. A. Setas Lopes, Rui Castro and Carlos Silva, "Metaheuristic Methods Applied to the Pumps and Turbines Configuration Design of Water Pumped Storage Systems", Journal of Energy Storage, 2018, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2018.05.006

79. Fernando M. Camilo, V. Fernão Pires, Rui Castro and M. E. Almeida, "The Impact of Harmonics Compensation Ancillary Services of Photovoltaic Microgeneration in Low Voltage Distribution Networks", Sustainable Cities and Society, 2018, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2018.03.016 

80. Fernando M. Camilo, Rui Castro, M. E. Almeida and V. Fernão Pires, "An Assessment of Overvoltage Mitigation Techniques in Low Voltage Distribution Networks with High Penetration of Photovoltaic Microgeneration", IET Renewable Power Generation, 2018, doi: https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-rpg.2017.0482 

81. Hugo Branco, Rui Castro and A. Setas Lopes, "Battery energy storage systems as a way to integrate renewable energy in small isolated power systems", Energy for Sustainable Development, 2018, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2018.01.003 

82. Rui Castro, João Crispim, "Variability and correlation of renewable energy sources in the Portuguese electrical system", Energy for Sustainable Development, February 2018, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2017.10.005 

83. Mohammad Ali Fotouhi Ghazvini, João Soares, Hugo Morais, Rui Castro and Zita Vale, "Dynamic Pricing for Demand Response Considering Market Price Uncertainty", Energies, August 2017, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/en10091245 

84. Fernando M. Camilo, Rui Castro, M. E. Almeida, V. Fernão Pires, "Economic Assessment of Residential PV Systems with Self-Consumption and Storage in Portugal", Solar Energy, July 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2017.04.062 

85. Mohammad Ali Fotouhi Ghazvini, João Soares, Omid Abrishambaf, Rui Castro, Zita Vale, “Demand response implementation in smart households”, Energy and Buildings, May 2017, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.03.020

86. Luís Amaral, Rui Castro, "Offshore wind farm layout optimization regarding wake effects and electrical losses", Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, April 2017, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engappai.2017.01.010 

87. Tiago Sousa, Hugo Morais, Rui Castro, Zita Vale, "Evaluation of different initial solution algorithms to be used in the heuristics optimization to solve the energy resource scheduling in smart grids", Applied Soft Computing, November 2016, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc.2016.07.028 

88. Tiago Sousa, Tiago Soares, Hugo Morais, Rui Castro, Zita Vale, "Simulated Annealing to Handle Energy and Ancillary Services Joint Management considering Electric Vehicles", Electric Power Systems Research, July 2016, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsr.2016.03.031 

89. João Falcão, Rui Castro, J.M. Ferreira de Jesus, "Frequency Control during Transients in Offshore Wind Parks using Battery Energy Storage Systems", Journal of Marine Engineering & Technology, June 2016, doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/20464177.2016.1180025 

90. Rui Castro, Sérgio Faias, Jorge Esteves, "The cost of electricity interruptions in Portugal: Valuing Lost Load by applying the production-function approach", Utilities Policy, June 2016, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2016.04.003 

91. A. Setas Lopes, Rui Castro and J.M. Ferreira de Jesus, "Contributions to the preliminary assessment of a Water Pumped Storage System in Terceira Island (Azores)", Journal of Energy Storage, May 2016, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2016.01.009 

92. Fernando M. Camilo, Rui Castro, M. E. Almeida, V. Fernão Pires, "Self-consumption and Storage as a Way to Facilitate the Integration of Renewable Energy in Low Voltage Distribution Networks", IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, May 2016, DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-gtd.2015.0431 

93. Luís Rocha, Rui Castro, J.M. Ferreira de Jesus, "An Improved Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Optimal Placement and Sizing of STATCOM", International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, April 2016, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/etep.2110 

94. António Manzoni, Rui Castro, "Microgeneration Impact on LV Distribution Grids: A Review of Recent Research on Overvoltage Mitigation Techniques", International Journal of Renewable Energy Research, Vol.6, No.1, pp 117-131, 2016.

95. Renato Veloso, Rui Castro, "Contributions to the Technical Assessment of Wave Energy in Portugal: The Case of Pico (Azores)", IEEE Latin America Transactions, Vol.13, Issue 9, September 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TLA.2015.7350040 

96. Mohammd Ali Fotouhi Ghazvini, João Soares, Nuno Horta, Rui Neves, Rui Castro, Zita Vale, "A multi-objective model for scheduling of short-term incentive-based demand response programs offered by electricity retailers", Applied Energy, Vol.151, August 2015, pp. 102-118, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.04.067 

97. Marco Silva, Rui Castro, J.M. Ferreira de Jesus, "Voltage Unbalance in Low Voltage Networks with Single-phase and Three-phase Micro-Generation and Loads", Journal of Electrical Systems, Vol.11, No.2, pp. 210-222, June 2015.

98. Tiago Sousa, Hugo Morais, Zita Vale, Rui Castro, "A multi-objective optimization of the active and reactive resource scheduling at a distribution level in a smart  grid context", Energy, Vol.85, June 2015, Pages 236–250, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2015.03.077 

99. M. Ali Fotouhi,  Zita Vale,  Rui Castro,  Sonia F. Pinto,  Fernando A. Silva, "Flexible Operation of Grid-Interactive Converters under Unbalanced Grid Conditions", Advanced Science and Technology Letters, Vol.97 (SUComS 2015), pp.1-9, 2015, doi: https://doi.org/10.14257/astl.205.97.01 

100. João Limpo, Rui Castro, António Sarmento, Alex Raventos, Carlos Correia, “Contributions for an Electrical and Economic Assessment of Offshore Wind Energy in Shallow Waters: Application to a Portuguese Site”, Journal of Ocean and Wind Energy, Vol.1, No.4, November 2014

101. João Crispim, José Braz, Rui Castro and Jorge Esteves, “Smart Grids in the EU with Smart Regulation Experiences from the UK, Italy and Portugal”, Utilities Policy, Vol.31, September 2014, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2014.09.006

102. Natália M.R. Santos, J. Fernando Silva, Jan Verveckken, V. Fernão Pires and Rui Castro “Enhancing the Ride-through Capability of DC Link Voltage in NPC Multilevel Unified Power Flow Controllers”, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol.29, No.4, August 2014, pp. 1542-1550, doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TPWRD.2014.2326774 

103. João M. Cruz, Rui Castro and J.M. Ferreira de Jesus, “Application of Extended Continuation Power Flow to Maximize Dispersed Generation Installation”, International Journal of Advances in Power Systems (IJAPS), Vol.2, No.1, March 2014.

104. Hugo Silva, Rui Castro and M.E. Almeida, “A Battery Based Solution to Overvoltage Problems in Low Voltage Distribution Networks with Micro Generation” International Journal on Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Vol.6, No.1, 2014.

105. Diogo L. Faria, Rui Castro, “Effects of Wind Turbine Power Curve in Wind Speed Prediction Errors”, International Review on Modelling and Simulations (IREMOS), Vol.6, No.6, December 2013.

106. Tiago Simão, Rui Castro, Jorge Simão, "Wind Power Pricing: From Feed-In Tariffs to the Integration in a Competitive Electricity Market", International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, Vol.43, Iss.1, December 2012, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijepes.2012.06.058 

107. Sérgio Faias, Jorge de Sousa, Francisco Reis, Rui Castro, "Assessment and Optimization of Wind Energy Integration into the Power Systems: Application to the Portuguese System", IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, Vol3, Iss4, October 2012, doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TSTE.2012.2201220 

108. João P. Silva, Rui Castro, "Modeling and Simulation of a Parabolic Trough Power Plant", GREEN - The International Journal of Sustainable Energy Conversion and Storage, Vol.2, Iss.2-3, June 2012, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/green-2011-0019 

109. Pedro Gomes, Rui Castro, "Wind Speed and Wind Power Forecasting using Statistical Models: AutoRegressive Moving Average (ARMA) and Artificial Neural Networks (ANN)", International Journal of Sustainable Energy Development, Vol.1, Iss. 1/2, March/June 2012

110. André Coelho, Rui Castro, "Sun Tracking PV Power Plants: Experimental Validation of Irradiance and Power Output Prediction Models", International Journal of Renewable Energy Research, Vol.2, No.1, January/March 2012

111. F. Faria Silva, Rui Castro, “Power Flow Analysis of HVAC and HVDC Transmission Systems for Offshore Wind Parks”, International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems, Volume 10, Issue 3, 2009, doi: https://doi.org/10.2202/1553-779X.2194 

112. Ana Estanqueiro, Rui Castro, Pedro Flores Correia, João Ricardo, Medeiros Pinto, Reis Rodrigues, João Peças Lopes, "How to prepare a power system for 15% wind energy penetration: The Portuguese case study", Wind Energy, 2008, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/we.253 

113. Rui Castro, Luís A.M. Ferreira, "A Comparison between Chronological and Probabilistic Methods to Estimate Wind Power Capacity Credit", IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, November 2001, doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/59.962444 

114. Rui Castro, J.M. Ferreira de Jesus, "A Wind Park Reduced-Order Model Using Singular Perturbations Theory", IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, December 1996, doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/60.556372 

Book Chapters & International Conferences

1. A. Lopes, B. Barrionuevo, D. P. Albuquerque, D. Cordeiro, C. Fernandes, A. T. Balafoutis, R. Castro, Optimizing AgriPV: A Comprehensive Assessment Framework for Sustainable Energy and Agriculture, 42nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Bilbao, Spain, September 2025.

2. P.J. Santos, A.J. Pires, Rui Castro, "Electrical interconnection network in an extreme dry weather scenario - the Portuguese case", 2022 CPE-PowerEng – 16th IEEE International Conference on compatibility, Power Electronics and Power Engineering, Birmingham, UK, 2022.

3. Matthew Gough, Sérgio F. Santos, João Matos, Juan Home-Ortiz, Mohammad Javadi, Rui Castro, João P. S. Catalão, "Optimal Scheduling of Commercial Demand Response by Technical Virtual Power Plants", SEST 2021: International Conference on Smart Energy Systems and Technologies, Vaasa, Finland, September 2021, doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/SEST50973.2021.9543463 .

4. Matthew Gough, Sérgio F. Santos, José G. Oliveira, Jéssica Chaves, Rui Castro, João P. S. Catalão, “Bidding Strategies for Virtual Power Plants in the Iberian Electricity Market”, IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering, Bari, Italy, 2021.

5. Matthew Gough, Sérgio F. Santos, Pedro Pereira, Juan Home Ortiz, Rui Castro, João P. S. Catalão, “Providing Flexibility in Distribution Systems by Electric Vehicles and Distributed Energy Resources in the Context of Technical Virtual Power Plants”, IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering, Bari, Italy, 2021.

6. P.J. Santos, A.J. Pires, Rui Castro, "The impact of charging electric vehicles in electrical public substations", IEEE CPE-POWERENG 2021, Florence, July 2021, doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/CPE-POWERENG50821.2021.9501213.

7. Matthew Gough, Sergio F. Santos, Artur Almeida, Mohammad Javadi, Tarek AlSkaif, Rui Castro, João P. S. Catalão, "Development of a Blockchain-Based Energy Trading Scheme for Prosumers", 2021 IEEE Madrid PowerTech, June 2021, doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/PowerTech46648.2021.9494810.

8. Matthew Gough, Sérgio F. Santos, Mohammad Javadi, Desta Z. Fitiwi, Gerardo J. Osório, Rui Castro, Mohamed Lotfi, João P. S. Catalão, "Optimisation of Prosumers’ Participation in Energy Transactions", 20th IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC)and 04th Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe (I&CPS), Madrid, Spain, June 2020, doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/EEEIC/ICPSEurope49358.2020.9160507.

9. Matthew Gough, Rui Castro, Sérgio F. Santos, Miadreza Shafie-khah, João P.S. Catalão, A panorama of applications of blockchain technology to energy, In Blockchain-based Smart Grids, Academic Press, May 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-817862-1.00002-6 .

10. Telmo Felgueira, Silvio Rodrigues, Christian S. Perone, Rui Castro, "The Impact of Feature Causality on Normal Behaviour Models for SCADA-based Wind Turbine Fault Detection", ICML 2019 Workshop Climate change: How can AI help?, Long Beach, California, 2019, arXiv:1906.12329.

11. Tiago Antunes, Rui Castro, P. J. Santos, A. J. Pires, Matthias Foehr, "Optimized Electrification of Subsea Oil & Gas Infrastructures based in Genetic Algorithm", in "Technological Innovation for Industry and Service Systems:10th IFIP WG 5.5/SOCOLNET Advanced Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems, DoCEIS 2019", May 2019, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17771-3_18 .

12. Mohammad Ali Fotouhi Ghazvini, Sérgio Ramos, João Soares, Rui Castro, Zita Vale, "Toward Retail Competition in the Portuguese Electricity Market", 13th European Energy Market Conference (EEM 2016), Porto, June 2016, doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/EEM.2016.7521209 .

13. Fernando M. Camilo, Rui Castro, M. E. Almeida, and V. Fernão Pires, "Impact of Self-consumption and Storage in Low Voltage Distribution Networks: an Economic Outlook", 7th Advanced Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems (DoCEIS’16), Caparica, April 2016, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31165-4_42 .

14. A. Setas Lopes, Rui Castro and Carlos Silva, "Contributions to the design of a Water Pumped Storage System in an isolated power system with high penetration of wind energy", 7th Advanced Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems (DoCEIS’16), Caparica, April 2016, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31165-4_36 .

15. Tiago Sousa, M. Ali Fotouhi, Hugo Morais, Rui Castro, Zita Vale, "Two-stage Stochastic Day-ahead Optimal Resource Scheduling in a Distribution Network with Intensive Use of Distributed Energy Resources", IEEE PES Conference on Innovative SMART GRID Technologies (ISGT-LA 2015) Latin American, Montevideo, October 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGT-LA.2015.7381240 .

16. Tiago Sousa, Hugo Morais, Rui Castro, Zita Vale, “A New Heuristic Providing an Effective Initial Solution for a Simulated Annealing approach to Energy Resource Scheduling in Smart Grids”, IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (IEEE SSCI 2014), Orlando, Florida, USA, December 2014, doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/CIASG.2014.7011563 .

17. Sérgio Faias, Rui Castro, Jorge Esteves, “An Overview on the Portuguese Quality of Electricity Supply Code Revision 2013: The Continuity of Supply and Power Quality Perspective”, International Conference on Renewable Energies and Power Quality (ICREPQ’14), Cordoba, April 2014, DOI: https://doi.org/10.24084/repqj12.522 .

18. Pedro Mendes, Rui Castro, J.M. Ferreira de Jesus, “Wind Parks – Hydro Pumping Coordinated Operation: Application to the Portuguese System”, 4th International Conference on Power Engineering, Energy and Electrical Drives, PowerEng 2013, Istanbul, May 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/PowerEng.2013.6635638 .

19. Natália Santos,  Vitor Pires, Rui Castro, “Modeling of the Generalized Unified Power Flow Controller to Integrate in Power Flow Studies”, 4th International Conference on Power Engineering, Energy and Electrical Drives, PowerEng2013, Istanbul, May 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/PowerEng.2013.6635683 .

20. Rui Castro, M.E. Almeida, Célia Jesus, Pedro M.S. Carvalho, Luís A.M. Ferreira, "Voltage Control Issues in Low Voltage Networks with Microgeneration", 1st International Conference on Smart Grids and Green IT Systems - SmartGreens2012, Porto, April 2012, doi: https://doi.org/10.5220/0003952700790084 .

21. André Coelho, Rui Castro, "Experimental validation of PV power output prediction models", 2012 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology - ICIT2012, Athens, March 2012, doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIT.2012.6210021 .

22. Marcelo Pais, M.E. Almeida, Rui Castro, "Voltage Regulation in Low Voltage Distribution Networks with Embedded Photovoltaic Microgeneration", International Conference on Renewable Energies and Power Quality - ICREPQ'12, Santiago de Compostela, March 2012, doi: https://doi.org/10.24084/repqj10.362 .

23. Pedro Gomes, Rui Castro, “Comparison of Statistical Wind Speed Forecasting Models”, World Congress on Sustainable Technologies – WCST2011, London, November 2011. 

24. Miguel Marques, Rui Castro, M.E. Almeida, “Connection of Offshore Wind Parks: HVAC and HVDC-LCC links with STATCOM”, 11th International Conference on Electrical Power Quality and Utilization – IEEE EPQU2011, Lisbon, October 2011. 

25. Natália M. R. Santos, Vítor M. F. Pires, Rui Castro, J. Fernando Silva, “Incorporating a Unified Power Flow Controller in a Conventional Transient Stability Model”, 19th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation – MED11, Corfu, June 2011. 

26. João Jesus, Rui Castro, J.M. Ferreira de Jesus, “HVDC Connection of Offshore Wind Parks: VSC vs LCC with STATCOM”, International Conference on Power Systems Transients – IPST 2011, Delft, June 2011.

27. André Coelho, Rui Castro, “Modeling and Validation of PV Power Output with Solar Tracking”, III International Conference on Power Engineering Energy and Electrical Drives – IEEE POWERENG 2011, Málaga, May 2011.

28. Sérgio Faias, Jorge Sousa, Rui Castro, “Environmental Dispatch of the Portuguese Power System for CO2 Emissions Reduction”, 8th International Conference on the European Energy Market – EEM11, Zagreb, Croatia, May 2011.

29. Sérgio Faias, Jorge Sousa, Rui Castro, “Strategies for the Integration of Wind Energy into the Grid: An Application to the Portuguese Power System”, 7th International Conference on the European Energy Market – EEM10, Madrid, Spain, June 2010.

30. Gonçalo Correira, Andreas Sumper, Rui Castro, Roberto Villafafila-Robles, Antoni Sudria-Andreu, “Modelling Wind Turbine Generation Systems for Load Flow and Short-Circuit Analysis in Distribution Networks”, 3rd International Conference on Modern Power Systems – MPS 2010, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, May 2010.

31. Sérgio Faias, Jorge Sousa, Rui Castro, “Integration of Renewable Generation into the Portuguese Power System: The Impact of Different Hydrological Regimes”, International Conference on Renewable Energies and Power Quality – ICREPQ’10, Granada, Spain, March 2010.

32. Daniel Queluz, Rui Castro, J. Farinha Mendes, “Electrical Modelling and Simulation of Solar Power Towers”, IFAC Conference on Control Methodologies and Technology for Energy Efficiency – CMTEE 2010, Vilamoura, Portugal, March 2010.

33. Sérgio Faias, Jorge Sousa, Rui Castro, “Optimization of the Pumping-Hydro Installed Capacity for the Integration of Renewable Power Generation: Application to the Portuguese Power System”, 4th International Renewable Energy Storage Conference, IRES2009, Berlin, November 2009.

34. Pedro R. Rodrigues, Rui Castro, Roberto Villafafila-Robles, Andreas Sumper, “Modeling the Stochastic Dependencies in a Probabilistic Load Flow Including Wind Generation”, IEEE-PES/IAS Conference on Sustainable Alternative Energy, Valencia, September 2009.

35. Diogo L. Faria, Rui Castro, Cláudia Philippart, Alexandre Gusmão, “Wavelets Pre-Filtering in Wind Speed Prediction”, IEEE Second International Conference on Power Engineering, Energy and Electrical Drives, POWERENG2009, Costa da Caparica, March 2009.

36. Sérgio Faias, Patrícia Santos, Fernando Matos, Jorge Sousa, Rui Castro, “Evaluation of Energy Storage Devices for Renewable Energies Integration: Application to a Portuguese Wind Farm”, 5th International Conference on the European Electricity Market – EEM08, Lisbon, May 2008.

37. Sérgio Faias, Patrícia Santos, Jorge Sousa, Rui Castro, “An Overview on Short and Long-Term Response Energy Storage Devices for Power Systems Applications”, International Conference on Renewable Energy and Power Quality (ICREPQ´08), Santander, March 2008.

38. Sérgio Faias, Jorge Sousa, Rui Castro, “Contribution of Energy Storage Systems in Power Generation and Demand Balancing with Increasing Integration of Renewable Sources: Application to the Portuguese Power System”, 12th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE 2007), Aalborg, Denmark, September 2007.

39. Ana Estanqueiro, Antonio Joyce, Armando Pires, Carmen Rangel, João Carvalheiro, João F. Martins, João Sotomayor, Rui Castro, "RenH2 – Stand-Alone Energy System Support-ed by Totally Renewable Hydrogen Production", IEEE International Conference on Power Engineering, Energy and Electrical Drives (POWERENG’07), Setúbal, Portugal, April 2007.

40. João Crispim, Micael Carreira, Rui Castro, “Validation of photovoltaic electrical models against manufacturers data and experimental results”, IEEE International Conference on Power Engineering, Energy and Electrical Drives (POWERENG’07), Setúbal, Portugal, April 2007.

41. Sérgio Faias, Jorge Sousa, Rui Castro, “Estimating future power generation unbalance in the Portuguese power system due to increasing integration of renewable sources”, IEEE International Conference on Power Engineering, Energy and Electrical Drives (POW-ERENG’07), Setúbal, Portugal, April 2007.

42. Sérgio Faias, Jorge Sousa, Rui Castro, “Forecasting the impact of increasing integration of renewable sources in the power unbalance during peak and off-peak hours”, International Conference on Renewable Energy and Power Quality (ICREPQ´07), Sevilla, March 2007.

43. Natália M.R. Santos, J. Fernando Silva, Vítor M.F. Pires, Rui M.G. Castro, “Modelling, Controller Design and Semiconductor Level Simulation of a Multilevel UPFC”, 12th International Conference on Harmonics and Quality of Power – ICHQP, Cascais, Portugal, October 2006.

44. Pedro Fonte, José Carlos Quadrado, Rui Castro, “Short-term wind speed prediction and wind power generation output”, International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Decision Support – ICKEDS’06, Lisbon, Portugal, May 2006.

45. Natália Rosa, Vitor Pires, Rui Castro, “A Model to Incorporate Unified Power Flow Con-trollers in Power Flow Studies”, 2005 - 2006 IEEE PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, Dallas, May 2006.

46. Ana Estanqueiro, Rui Castro, João Ricardo, Medeiros Pinto, Reis Rodrigues and J. Peças Lopes, “How to Prepare a Power System for 12% Wind Energy Penetration: The Portuguese Case Study”, Nordic Wind Power Conference, Finland, May 2006.

47. J.P. Sucena Paiva, J.M. Ferreira de Jesus, Rui Castro, Pedro Correia, João Ricardo, A. Reis Rodrigues, João Moreira, Bruno Nunes, "Transient stability study of the Portuguese transmission network with a high share of wind power", XI ERIAC CIGRÉ – Undécimo Encuentro Regional Iberoamericano de Cigré, Paraguay, May 2005.

48. António Joyce, Susana Viana, Carlos Rodrigues, Rui Castro, João Nunes, Rui Quadrado “Simulation of different bus configurations in a PV or hybrid micro grid”, 19th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Paris, June 2004.

49. Rui Melício, Rui Castro, Victor Mendes, Napoleón Malpica, “Dynamic Modelling of Wind Turbine”, ENERGEX – 10th International Energy Forum 2004 | Energy & Society, Lisbon, Portugal, May 2004.

50. Paulo Carneiro, Pedro Torres, Rui Castro, Ana Estanqueiro, “On the Assessment of Power Quality Characteristics of Grid Connected Wind Energy Conversion Systems”, International Conference on Renewable Energy and Power Quality – ICREPQ04, Barcelona April 2004.

51. Natália Rosa, Vitor Pires, Rui Castro, “On the Use of Regulating Transformers to Control Power Flow in an Electrical Network”, Proc. 3rd Mediterranean Conference and Exhibition on Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Energy Conversion – MED POWER 2002, Athens, Greece, November 2002.

52. 39. Rui Castro, J.M. Medeiros Pinto, "Feasibility Study on the Application of FACTS Technologies to Enhance the Operation of the Portuguese Transmission System in a Scenario with Renewable Energy Sources", 39th CIGRE Session, Paris, August 2002.

53. Filipe Medeiros, Hugo Cabrita, Rui Castro, “Controlling Active Power Flow in an Electrical Network with Conventional and Renewable Generation”, International Conference on New and Renewable Technologies for Sustainable Development, Ponta Delgada, June 2002.

54. Rui Castro, Fernando Batista, J.M. Medeiros Pinto, "Application of FACTS in the Portuguese Transmission System: Investigation on the Use of Phase-Shift Transformers", IEEE Porto PowerTech’2001, Porto, September 2001.

55. Bernardo Aguiar, Luís Valério, Rui Castro, “Evaluation of Wind Generators Capacity Credit Using a Reliability Model”, 2001 European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition, Copenhagen, July 2001.

56. Luís Pacheco, Paulo Oliveira, Tiago Rodrigues, Rui Castro, Luís A.M. Ferreira, "Assessment of Wind Generators Capacity Credit Using a Chronological Approach", Proc. 6th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems – PMAPS’2000, Funchal, September 2000.

57. Rui Castro, J.P. Sucena Paiva, “Pricing the Energy Supplied by Renewable Sources: An Assessment of the Portuguese Situation”, Proc. EURO Conference on New and Renewable Technologies for Sustainable Development, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Funchal, June 2000.

58. Rui Castro, J.M. Ferreira de Jesus, "An Aggregated Wind Park Model", Proc. 13th Power Systems Computation Conference – PSCC´99, Trondheim, June 1999.

59. F. Marques da Silva, Ana I.L. Estanqueiro, Jorge A.G. Saraiva, Rui Castro, J.M. Ferreira de Jesus, “MISTRAL: A Tool to Evaluate the Impact of Wind Parks on Electric Distribution Systems”, Proc. Second East European Conference on Wind Energy, Prague, September 1998.

60. Rui Castro, J.M. Ferreira de Jesus, J.P. Sucena Paiva, “On the Pricing of Dispersed Power Generation”, Proc. SEV-ETH-IEE Conference on Electrical Power Systems Operation and Management – EPSOM´98, Zurich, September 1998.

61. Guido Rasek, Rui Castro, J.M. Ferreira de Jesus, “A Model for Power Quality Controller” Proc. PCIM´98 – International Power Quality Conference, Nurenberg, May 1998.

62. Ana I.L. Estanqueiro, F. Marques da Silva, Jorge A.G. Saraiva, Luís Oliveira, Rui Castro, J.M. Ferreira de Jesus, “Development and Validation of a Wind Park Grid Integration Model”, Proc. European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) Special Topic Conference: Integration of Wind Power Plants in the Environment and Electric Systems, October 1996.

63. Rui Castro, J.M. Ferreira de Jesus, "Evaluation of the Induction Generator Air-Gap Field Frequency during Transient Situations", Proc. International Conference on Electrical Ma-chines – ICEM´96, Vigo, September 1996.

64. Ana I.L. Estanqueiro, Jorge A.G. Saraiva, Luís Gomes, Rui Castro, J.M. Ferreira de Jesus, “NATO SfS Project Po-MISTRAL: Status of the Experimental Validation Phase”, Proc. 1996 European Union Wind Energy Conference, Göteborg, May 1996.

65. Rui Castro, J.M. Ferreira de Jesus, "A Wind Park Reduced-Order Model Using Singular Perturbations Theory", 1996 IEEE Power Engineering Winter Meeting, Baltimore, January 1996.

66. Francisco A.G.S. Reis, Rui Castro, Ana I.L. Estanqueiro, J.M. Ferreira de Jesus, “Including a Wind Energy Conversion System Model in Electromagnetic Transients Program”, Proc. International Conference on Power Systems Transients – IPST´95, Lisbon, September 1995.

67. Ana I.L. Estanqueiro, Jorge A.G. Saraiva, Rui Castro, J.M. Ferreira de Jesus, “Modelling the Integration of Wind Parks onto Weak Grids”, Proc. 1995 British Wind Energy Annual Conference – BWEA´17, Warwick, July 1995.

68. Ana I.L. Estanqueiro, Jorge A.G. Saraiva, Rui Castro, J.M. Ferreira de Jesus, “The Use of Stiff and Flexible Rotor Models with Regard to Wind Turbines Power Quality Assessment”, Proc. 1994 British Wind Energy Annual Conference – BWEA´16, Stirling, June 1994.

69. Ana I.L. Estanqueiro, Ricardo Aguiar, Jorge A.G. Saraiva, Rui Castro, J.M. Ferreira de Jesus, “On the Effect of the Utility Grid Characteristics in a Wind Park Power Output Fluctuation”, Proc. 1993 British Wind Energy Annual Conference BWEA´15, York, October 1993.

70. Rui Castro, J.M. Ferreira de Jesus, “A Wind Park Linearized Model”, Proc. 1993 British Wind Energy Annual Conference BWEA´15, York, October 1993.

71. Ana I.L. Estanqueiro, Ricardo Aguiar, Jorge A.G. Saraiva, Rui Castro, J.M. Ferreira de Jesus, “The Influence of Transmission System Disturbances on the Dynamic Behaviour of a Wind Park”, Proc. 1993 British Wind Energy Annual Conference BWEA´15, York, October 1993.

72. Ana I.L. Estanqueiro, Ricardo Aguiar, Jorge A.G. Saraiva, Rui Castro, J.M. Ferreira de Jesus, “The Development and Application of a Model for Power Output Fluctuations in a Wind Park”, Proc. 1993 European Community Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition ECWEC´93, Lubbeck, March 1993.

73. Eugénio Gomes, Rui Castro, J.M. Ferreira de Jesus, "The Influence of Reactive Power Compensation in the Transient Behaviour of an Induction Generator", Proc. IFAC Inter-national Symposium on Power Systems and Power Plant Control, Seoul, August 1989.

74. Rui Castro, A. Eugénio Gomes, J.M. Ferreira de Jesus, “Transient Behaviour of an Induction Generator in Small Hydro Plants”, Proc. Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference – Melecon´89, Lisbon, April 1989.

Project Reports

1. Paulo Ferrão, Carlos Santos Silva, Filipa Amorim, Maria João Rodrigues, João Santana, Rui Castro, Manuel Collares Pereira, João Abel Peças Lopes, Jean Sumaili Akilimali, Filipe Joel Soares, "O futuro do solar em Portugal: que desafios e que oportunidades?", Relatório Intercalar do Projeto OTGEN EDPP, dezembro 2015.

2. Rui Castro, “Avaliação de Planos de Desenvolvimento e Investimento na Rede de Transporte usando um modelo híbrido Análise Custo-Benefício / Análise Multicritério”, Protocolo de Cooperação Técnica entre a ERSE e o IST, julho de 2013.

3. Rui Castro, “Regulamento da Qualidade de Serviço SE: Análise da introdução da Componente 2 do Mecanismo de Incentivo à Melhoria da Continuidade de Serviço”, Protocolo de Cooperação Técnica entre a ERSE e o IST, junho 2013.

4. Rui Castro, “Regulamento da Qualidade de Serviço SE: Análise do impacto da proposta de padrões individuais de continuidade de serviço”, Protocolo de Cooperação Técnica entre a ERSE e o IST, junho 2013.

5. Rui Castro, “Regulamento da Qualidade de Serviço SE: Proposta de alteração das compensações por incumprimento dos padrões individuais”, Protocolo de Cooperação Técnica entre a ERSE e o IST, abril 2013.

6. Rui Castro, “Análise da atual metodologia de cálculo da capacidade na interligação PT – ES”, Protocolo de Cooperação Técnica entre a ERSE e o IST, janeiro 2013.

7. Rui Castro, “Análise dos mecanismos de incentivo previstos na regulamentação do setor elétrico”, Protocolo de Cooperação Técnica entre a ERSE e o IST, novembro 2012.

8. J.M. Ferreira de Jesus, Rui Castro, Eduarda Pedro, “Central Hídrica Reversível de Lagoa das Furnas - Estudo do Regime Estacionário da Rede da Ilha de São Miguel no horizonte 2020”, Contrato com a EDA – Eletricidade dos Açores, novembro 2012.

9. J.M. Ferreira de Jesus, Rui Castro, Eduarda Pedro, Miguel Veríssimo, "Estudo de Estabilidade Dinâmica de Redes Elétricas para Determinação das Perturbações das Energias Renováveis sobre os Sistemas Elétricos das Ilhas da Madeira e do Porto Santo, Relatório", Contrato com AREAM - Agência Regional de Energia e Ambiente da Região Autónoma da Madeira, agosto 2012.

10. J.M. Ferreira de Jesus, Rui Castro, Eduarda Pedro, "Estudo de Estabilidade Dinâmica de Redes Elétricas para Determinação das Perturbações das Energias Renováveis sobre os Sistemas Elétricos das Ilhas da Madeira e do Porto Santo, Relatório Final da Fase 1: Elaboração de modelos matemáticos para simulação das redes elétricas das ilhas da Madeira e do Porto Santo", Contrato com AREAM - Agência Regional de Energia e Ambiente da Região Autónoma da Madeira, fevereiro 2012.

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