Miguel Centeno Brito

 
 

Profile

Research Group: RG4 – 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: 

  1. Brito MC, Amaro e Silva R, Pera D, Costa I, Boutov D. “Effect of urban shadowing on the potential of solar-powered vehicles”. Prog Photovolt Res Appl. 2023;1‐11. doi:10.1002/pip.3737

  2. Brito, MC, et al. 2021 “Urban solar potential for vehicle integrated photovoltaics”. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment; 94: 102810; doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2021.102810 

  3. Vallera, AM, Nunes, PM, Brito, MC. 2021. “Why we need battery swapping technology”. Energy Policy; 157: 112481: doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112481

  4. Panagiotidou M, Brito MC, Hamza K, Jasieniak JJ, Zhou J. 2021. “Prospects of photovoltaic rooftops, walls and windows at a city to building scale”. Solar Energy; 230: 675-687: doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2021.10.060.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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: 

Prémio Santander Universidade de Lisboa 2016 and 2022, Engenharia do Ambiente, Energia

Integra lista World’s 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