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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Francisco Miguel dos Santos Simões

Citation names

  • Simões, Francisco

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
2E19-123B-6FC5
ORCID iD
0009-0006-2953-9706

Email addresses

  • francisco.ssimoes@hotmail.com (Professional)
  • francisco.simoes@fe.uc.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Economics and Business - Business and Management

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/08/18 - 2029/08/31
Ongoing
Sistemas Sustentáveis de Energia (Doutoramento)
Major in Energy Markets - Corporate Power Purchase Agreements
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
2021 - 2023
Concluded
Energia para a Sustentabilidade (Mestrado)
Major in Setor Energético
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"Corporate power purchase agreements: portuguese business drivers and barriers " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
17
2021 - 2021
Concluded
GEM - Sustainable Energy Transition (Outros)
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy
2017 - 2021
Concluded
Economia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
14
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2024/07/01 - 2025/03/31 Energy Market Analyst Marubeni Europower - Portuguese Branch, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024/01/01 - 2024/06/30 Renewable Energies System for Cities (RES4CITY)
Research Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Ongoing
2023/06/01 - 2023/12/31 The future of corporate PPAs in Portugal: A risk portfolio assessment
BI Refª.UI0308-PPA.1/2023
Research Fellow
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2022/04/01 - 2022/12/31 The future of corporate PPAs in Portugal: An exploratory study
BI Refª.UI0308/CorpPPA.2/2021
Research Fellow
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Tenente, Marcos; Pereira da Silva, Patricia; Gaspar, Adélio Rodrigues; Gomes, Álvaro; Henriques, Carla; Amaral, Ana Rita; Simões, Francisco. Corresponding author: Tenente, Marcos. "RES4CITY - Multidisciplinary and Multi-sector Lighthouses". Paper presented in INESC Winter Meeting, 2024.
Journal article
  1. Simões, Francisco; Henriques, Carla; Figueiredo, Nuno Carvalho; Silva, Patrícia Pereira da. "Efficient power purchase agreement structures for meeting corporate electricity needs with solar energy". Energy 322 (2025): 135651. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2025.135651.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.energy.2025.135651
Report
  1. Patrícia Carla Gama Pinto Pereira da Silva de Vasconcelos Correia; Gaspar, Adélio Rodrigues; Alvaro Gomes; Carla Margarida Saraiva de Oliveira Henriques; Cardoso, Bruno; Amaral, Ana Rita; Tenente, Marcos; Simões, Francisco. 2023. Multidisciplinary and multi sector lighthouses | case studies | Deliverable D2.2 - RES4CITY. https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/17818/.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/06 Optimizing CPPAs in the Renewable Energy Market: contract performance assessment 6th International Conference on Energy & Environment: bringing together Engineering and Economics
ICEE (Guimarães, Portugal)
2023/09 Corporate Power Purchase Contracts: Business Drivers and Barriers 18th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems – SDEWES
SDEWES (Dubrovnik, Croatia)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/10/04 - 2024/10/04 RES4CITY European Project - Renewable Energy Solutions in Coimbra
Workshop
Renewable Energy Solutions in Coimbra
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024/05/29 - 2024/05/29 Poster Presentation - Optimizing CPPAs in the Renewable Energy Market: contract performance assessment
Seminar
World Energy Day
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Câmara Municipal de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/07/01 - 2023/07/01 Poster Presentation - Portuguese Corporate Power Purchase Agreements Market: Demand Side Characterization
Conference
International Conference on Economics and Business Roads to Sustainability (ICEBRS)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Economia e Gestão, Portugal
Distinctions

Other distinction

2023 Best Master's student in Energy for Sustainability 22/23
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal