Miguel Centeno Brito
Profile
Research Group: RG4 β Renewable energy & sustainability
Position at IDL: Researcher
Job: Associate Professor, FCUL
Email: mcbrito@fc.ul.pt
Telephone Number: (351) 21-750-0883
Extension: 28337
Room: 8.3.37
Academic Degree and field of specialization:
University of Oxford, Physics
Scientific Informations
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3580-3474
SCOPUS ID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7103088781
Researcher ID: https://publons.com/researcher/1174682/miguel-centeno-brito/
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/M_Brito2
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=q7xIEh0AAAAJ&hl=en
Website: https://ciencias.ulisboa.pt/en/perfil/mcbrito
Scientific Interests
Main Interests:
Miguel is interested in everything that relates to solar photovoltaics including
solar energy everywhere, in buildings, vehicles, and farming
solar energy potential assessment, in particular in the urban environment
solar energy forecasting, for improved energy system management
battery swapping for high penetration of renewables in the energy system
Top 10 Publications:
Brito MC, Amaro e Silva R, Pera D, Costa I, Boutov D. βEffect of urban shadowing on the potential of solar-powered vehiclesβ. Prog Photovolt Res Appl. 2023;1β11. doi:10.1002/pip.3737
Brito, MC, et al. 2021 βUrban solar potential for vehicle integrated photovoltaicsβ. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment; 94: 102810; doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2021.102810
Vallera, AM, Nunes, PM, Brito, MC. 2021. βWhy we need battery swapping technologyβ. Energy Policy; 157: 112481: doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112481
Panagiotidou M, Brito MC, Hamza K, Jasieniak JJ, Zhou J. 2021. βProspects of photovoltaic rooftops, walls and windows at a city to building scaleβ. Solar Energy; 230: 675-687: doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2021.10.060.
Freitas S, Catita C, Redweik P, Brito MC. Modelling solar potential in the urban environment: State-of-the-art review. Renew Sustain Energy Rev. 2015;41:915-931. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2014.08.060.
Redweik P, Catita, Brito MC. Solar energy potential on roofs and facades in an urban landscape. Sol Energy. 2013;97:332-341. doi:10.1016/J.SOLENER.2013.08.036.
Nunes P, Figueiredo R, Brito MC. The use of parking lots to solar-charge electric vehicles. Renew Sustain Energy Rev. 2016;66:679-693. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2016.08.015.
Vaz AGR, Elsinga B, van Sark WGJHM, Brito MC. An artificial neural network to assess the impact of neighbouring photovoltaic systems in power forecasting in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Renew Energy. 2016;85:631-641. doi:10.1016/j.renene.2015.06.061.
Nunes P, Farias T, Brito MC. Day charging electric vehicles with excess solar electricity for a sustainable energy system. Energy. 2015;80:263-274. doi:10.1016/j.energy.2014.11.069.
Babajide, B, Brito, MC. 2021. Solar PV systems to eliminate or reduce the use of diesel generators at no additional cost: A case study of Lagos, Nigeria. Renewable Energy; 172: 209-218; doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2021.02.088
Awards:
PrΓ©mio Santander Universidade de Lisboa 2016 and 2022, Engenharia do Ambiente, Energia
Integra lista Worldβs top 2% of scientist according to the updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators (2021; 2022; 2023)
Best Paper Award 2014/2015 para os Editores da revista Solar Energy e o Board da International Solar Energy Society