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  1. Optimization skill: How good is your energy management strategy really?

    Article • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition, June 2026, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  2. A Novel Model Chain for Analysing the Performance of Vehicle Integrated Photovoltaic (VIPV) Systems

    Article • World Electric Vehicle Journal, November 2025, MDPI AG

    Miguel C Brito

  3. Vehicle-Integrated Photovoltaic (VIPV) for Sustainable Airports: A Flexible Framework for Performance Assessment

    Article • Sustainability, October 2025, MDPI AG

    Miguel C Brito

  4. An empirical assessment of transient irradiance to foster vehicle-integrated photovoltaics technology in highway routes–An Indian case study

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Energy, August 2025, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  5. Lithium resources and electric mobility in Portugal within the EU context

    Article • International Journal of Sustainable Energy, April 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Miguel C Brito

  6. Assessing the scope of vehicle integrated photovoltaics in urban driving conditions – Case study of a Tier-II city in southern India

    Article • Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, December 2024, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  7. Narratives, expectations, and policy criteria for a democratic and socially engaging energy transition

    Article • Futures, December 2024, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  8. Strategic raw material requirements for large-scale hydrogen production in Portugal and European Union

    Article • Energy Reports, December 2024, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  9. Solar Self-Consumption and Urban Energy Vulnerability: Case Study in Lisbon

    Article • Sustainability, August 2024, MDPI AG

    Sara Freitas, Miguel C Brito

  10. Internationalisation of doctoral education within the European University Alliance

    Article • May 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Miguel C Brito

  11. Optimization of a photovoltaic-battery system using deep reinforcement learning and load forecasting

    Article • Energy and AI, May 2024, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  12. Raw materials for the Portuguese decarbonization roadmap: The case of solar photovoltaics and wind energy

    Article • Resources Policy, March 2024, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  13. The parking dilemma for solar-powered vehicles

    Article • Heliyon, March 2024, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  14. Impact of a small-scale solar park on temperature and vegetation parameters obtained from Landsat 8

    Article • Renewable Energy, February 2024, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  15. Analysis of Solar Radiation on Facades Using Mobile Augmented Reality

    Article • January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Miguel C Brito

  16. Electricity access and unreliability in the creation of sustainable livelihoods in Mozambique

    Article • Energy for Sustainable Development, December 2023, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  17. The photovoltaic potential for electric vehicle charging along highways: A Dutch case study

    Article • Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications, November 2023, Wiley

    Miguel C Brito

  18. Effect of urban shadowing on the potential of solar‐powered vehicles

    Article • Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications, September 2023, Wiley

    Miguel C Brito

  19. Scales of solar energy: Exploring citizen satisfaction, interest, and values in a comparison of regions in Portugal and Spain

    Article • Energy Research & Social Science, March 2023, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  20. Mobile Augmented Reality for Analysis of Solar Radiation on Facades

    Article • January 2023, Scitepress

    Miguel C Brito

  21. Structuring the problem of an inclusive and sustainable energy transition – A pilot study

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, September 2022, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  22. Geographical distribution of the angle of incidence uncertainty on the measurement of global horizontal irradiance

    Article • Measurement Sensors, August 2022, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  23. Measuring energy poverty in Mozambique: Is energy poverty a purely rural phenomenon?

    Article • Energy Nexus, March 2022, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  24. Estimating global irradiance on tilted surfaces using a cubic multi-directional pyranometer array

    Article • Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, January 2022, American Institute of Physics

    Miguel C Brito

  25. Prospects of photovoltaic rooftops, walls and windows at a city to building scale

    Article • Solar Energy, December 2021, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  26. Why we need battery swapping technology

    Article • Energy Policy, October 2021, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  27. Coordinating shiftable loads for collective photovoltaic self-consumption: A multi-agent approach

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Energy, August 2021, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  28. Solar PV systems to eliminate or reduce the use of diesel generators at no additional cost: A case study of Lagos, Nigeria

    Article • Renewable Energy, July 2021, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  29. Solar potential of urban forms of a cold semi-arid city in Algeria in the present and future climate

    Article • Energy for Sustainable Development, June 2021, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  30. The resilience of a decarbonized power system to climate variability: Portuguese case study

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Energy, June 2021, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  31. Urban solar potential for vehicle integrated photovoltaics

    Article • Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment, May 2021, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  32. Characteristic Declination—A Useful Concept for Accelerating 3D Solar Potential Calculations

    Article • Energy Technology, January 2021, Wiley

    Sara Freitas, Miguel C Brito

  33. Assessing the Impact of Photovoltaics on Rooftops and Facades in the Urban Micro-Climate

    Article • Energies, May 2020, MDPI AG

    Miguel C Brito

  34. Powering the Commercial Sector in Nigeria Using Urban Swarm Solar Electrification

    Article • Sustainability, May 2020, MDPI AG

    Miguel C Brito

  35. How will our residential electricity consumption change with climate change?

    Article • Energy and Buildings, February 2020, Elsevier

    Raquel Figueiredo, Miguel C Brito

  36. The impact of forecasting PV power based on neighboring systems which may have very diverse layouts

    Article • Applied Energy, December 2019, Elsevier

    Rodrigo Amaro e Silva, Miguel C Brito

  37. Solar façades for future cities

    Article • Renewable Energy Focus, December 2019, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito, Sara Freitas

  38. Persistence of the high solar potential in Africa in a changing climate

    Article • Environmental Research Letters, December 2019, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Miguel C Brito

  39. Demand aggregation for photovoltaic self-consumption

    Article • Energy Reports, November 2019, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  40. 3D Solar Potential in the Urban Environment: A Case Study in Lisbon

    Article • Energies, September 2019, MDPI AG

    Sara Freitas, Miguel C Brito

  41. How wind data can improve solar forecasting models that exploit neighboring solar information

    Article • Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, September 2019, American Institute of Physics

    Rodrigo Amaro e Silva, Miguel C Brito, Dr. Sue Ellen Haupt

  42. A sinusoidal model to assess PV generation from daily irradiation data

    Article • Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, September 2019, American Institute of Physics

    Miguel C Brito, Rodrigo Amaro e Silva

  43. Determining the shading correction factor using a smartphone camera with a fisheye lens

    Article • Solar Energy, September 2019, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  44. Prosumer aggregation policies, country experience and business models

    Article • Energy Policy, September 2019, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  45. Non-cumulative only solar photovoltaics for electricity load-matching

    Article • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, July 2019, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito, Sara Freitas

  46. Passive solar tracker based in the differential thermal expansion of vertical strips

    Article • Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, July 2019, American Institute of Physics

    Miguel C Brito, Fernando Simoes

  47. Is it possible to replace coal-fired powerplants by photovoltaics in Portugal?

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, June 2019, Elsevier

    Raquel Figueiredo, Mara Madaleno, Miguel C Brito

  48. The effects of environmental transport policies on the environment, economy and employment in Portugal

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, March 2019, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  49. Using Smart Persistence and Random Forests to Predict Photovoltaic Energy Production

    Article • Energies, December 2018, MDPI AG

    Miguel C Brito

  50. Would a fixed monthly electricity bill kill residential solar energy?

    Article • Energy Policy, November 2018, Elsevier

    Juan Carlos Solano, Miguel C Brito

  51. Multiyear calibration of simulations of energy systems

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Energy, August 2018, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  52. Modelling aggregate hourly electricity consumption based on bottom-up building stock

    Article • Energy and Buildings, July 2018, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  53. Optimization of Photovoltaic Self-consumption using Domestic Hot Water Systems

    Article • Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy Water and Environment Systems, June 2018, International Centre for Sustainable Development of Water

    Miguel C Brito

  54. Estimating PV performance with very little information

    Article • Solar Energy, May 2018, Elsevier

    Rodrigo Amaro e Silva, Miguel C Brito

  55. Impact of large scale PV deployment in the sizing of urban distribution transformers

    Article • Renewable Energy, April 2018, Elsevier

    Sara Freitas, Miguel C Brito

  56. When neighbours become the best weather forecasters

    Article • Solar Energy, March 2018, Elsevier

    Rodrigo Amaro e Silva, Miguel C Brito

  57. Increasing electricity self-sufficiency and relieving grid ramps in communities with solar façades

    Article • Solar Energy, January 2018, Elsevier

    Sara Freitas, Miguel C Brito

  58. The feasibility of charging electric vehicles with solar panels in parking lots

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Energy, December 2017, Elsevier

    Raquel Figueiredo, Miguel C Brito, Pedro Nunes

  59. Displacing natural gas power plants with electric vehicles for grid stabilization

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Energy, December 2017, Elsevier

    Pedro Nunes, Miguel C Brito

  60. The importance of facades for the solar PV potential of a Mediterranean city using LiDAR data

    Article • Renewable Energy, October 2017, Elsevier

    Sara Freitas, Miguel C Brito

  61. Evaluation of potential of demand side management strategies in isolated microgrid

    Article • June 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Miguel C Brito

  62. The influence of the main large-scale circulation patterns on wind power production in Portugal

    Article • Renewable Energy, March 2017, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  63. The use of parking lots to charge electric vehicles with solar energy

    Article • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, December 2016, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito, Raquel Figueiredo, Pedro Nunes

  64. Augmented reality for support decision on solar radiation harnessing

    Article • November 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Miguel C Brito

  65. Feasibility of KUDURA hybrid generation system in Mozambique: Sensitivity study of the small-scale PV-biomass and PV-diesel power generation hybrid system

    Article • Renewable Energy, July 2016, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  66. Impact of solar and wind forecast uncertainties on demand response of isolated microgrids

    Article • Renewable Energy, March 2016, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  67. An artificial neural network to assess the impact of neighbouring photovoltaic systems in power forecasting in Utrecht, the Netherlands

    Article • Renewable Energy, January 2016, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  68. Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm for the Optimization of a PV System Arrangement

    Article • January 2016, International Solar Energy Society (ISES)

    Miguel C Brito

  69. New doping method to obtain n-type silicon ribbons

    Article • Journal of Crystal Growth, October 2015, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  70. Pv layout optimization: String tiling using a multi-objective genetic algorithm

    Article • Solar Energy, August 2015, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito, Sara Freitas

  71. Enabling solar electricity with electric vehicles smart charging

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Energy, July 2015, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  72. Day charging electric vehicles with excess solar electricity for a sustainable energy system

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Energy, February 2015, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  73. A review of technical options for solar charging stations in Asia and Africa

    Article • AIMS Energy, January 2015, American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)

    Miguel C Brito

  74. Modeling the Effects of Inhomogeneous Irradiation and Temperature Profile on CPV Solar Cell Behavior

    Article • IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, January 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Miguel C Brito

  75. Modelling solar potential in the urban environment: State-of-the-art review

    Article • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, January 2015, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito, Sara Freitas

  76. Balance Assessment in Fall-Prevention Exergames

    Article • January 2015, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Miguel C Brito

  77. Assessment of diffuse radiation models for cloudy atmospheric conditions in the Azores region

    Article • Solar Energy, October 2014, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  78. [Poster] Visualization of solar radiation data in augmented reality

    Article • September 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Miguel C Brito

  79. New Stress Activation Method for Kerfless Silicon Wafering Using Ag/Al and Epoxy Stress-Inducing Layers

    Article • IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, September 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Miguel C Brito

  80. Sustainable energy systems in an imaginary island

    Article • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, September 2014, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  81. Applications of solar mapping in the urban environment

    Article • Applied Geography, July 2014, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito, Luis F. Santos

  82. Extending solar potential analysis in buildings to vertical facades

    Article • Computers & Geosciences, May 2014, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  83. Electric molten zone crystallization of silicon wafers

    Article • Semiconductor Science and Technology, November 2013, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Miguel C Brito

  84. Solar energy potential on roofs and facades in an urban landscape

    Article • Solar Energy, November 2013, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  85. Synergies between electric vehicles and solar electricity penetrations in Portugal

    Article • November 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Miguel C Brito

  86. Measurement of the dopant concentration in a semiconductor using the Seebeck effect

    Article • Measurement Science and Technology, March 2013, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Miguel C Brito

  87. Residual stress and dislocations density in silicon ribbons grown via optical zone melting

    Article • Journal of Applied Physics, February 2013, American Institute of Physics

    Miguel C Brito

  88. 3D LOCAL SCALE SOLAR RADIATION MODEL BASED ON URBAN LIDAR DATA

    Article • The International Archives of the Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, September 2012, Copernicus GmbH

    Miguel C Brito

  89. Experimental characterization of a linear electric molten zone in silicon

    Article • Journal of Crystal Growth, September 2012, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  90. Modelling CPV silicon solar cells under inhomogeneous irradiation

    Article • January 2012, American Institute of Physics

    Miguel C Brito

  91. Photovoltaic potential in a Lisbon suburb using LiDAR data

    Article • Solar Energy, January 2012, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  92. Assessing the spectral distribution on different tracking confederations

    Article • January 2012, American Institute of Physics

    Miguel C Brito

  93. Understanding the sprayed boric acid method for bulk doping of silicon ribbons

    Article • Journal of Crystal Growth, July 2011, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  94. Recrystallization of silicon polygonal tubes using an electric closed molten zone

    Article • Journal of Crystal Growth, June 2011, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  95. DoubleSun® Performance Across Mainland Portugal

    Article • January 2011, American Institute of Physics

    Miguel C Brito

  96. Exploring One-Axis Tracking Configurations For CPV Application

    Article • January 2011, American Institute of Physics

    Miguel C Brito

  97. Thermal Modeling of a PV Receiver for CPV Applications

    Article • January 2011, American Institute of Physics

    Miguel C Brito

  98. First solar cells on silicon wafers doped using sprayed boric acid

    Article • Semiconductor Science and Technology, October 2010, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Miguel C Brito

  99. Modeling the performance of low concentration photovoltaic systems

    Article • Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, July 2010, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  100. Modeling a linear electric molten zone in a silicon ribbon

    Article • Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications, September 2009, Wiley

    Miguel C Brito

  101. Inline fast CVD sysyem for continuous production of silicon ribbons for solar cells by the SDS process

    Article • June 2009, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Miguel C Brito

  102. The silicon on dust substrate path to make solar cells directly from a gaseous feedstock

    Article • Semiconductor Science and Technology, February 2009, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Miguel C Brito

  103. Ageing of Standard PV Module when Integrated in a V-trough Concentration System

    Article • MRS Proceedings, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Miguel C Brito

  104. Sprayed boric acid as a dopant source for silicon ribbons

    Article • Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, December 2007, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  105. Linear electric molten zone in semiconductors

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, June 2007, American Institute of Physics

    Miguel C Brito

  106. Measurement of residual stress in EFG ribbons using a phase-shifting IR photoelastic method

    Article • Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, May 2005, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  107. Measurement of residual stress in multicrystalline silicon ribbons by a self-calibrating infrared photoelastic method

    Article • Review of Scientific Instruments, January 2005, American Institute of Physics

    Miguel C Brito

  108. A differential mechanical profilometer for thickness measurement

    Article • Review of Scientific Instruments, December 2004, American Institute of Physics

    Miguel C Brito

  109. A wave lab inside a coaxial cable

    Article • European Journal of Physics, June 2004, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Miguel C Brito

  110. Silicon tubes by a closed molten zone: a characterisation study

    Article • Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, April 2002, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  111. Experimental analysis of free warm expander pulse tube

    Article • Cryogenics, October 2001, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  112. Numerical model of free warm expander pulse tube cooler

    Article • Cryogenics, October 2001, Elsevier

    Miguel C Brito

  113. Isothermal Model of a Warm Expander Pulse Tube

    Article • January 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Miguel C Brito

  114. Radiation environment measurements with the cosmic ray experiments on-board the KITSAT-1 and PoSAT-1 micro-satellites

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, December 1994, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Miguel C Brito

  115. The real-time ObjectAgent software architecture for distributed satellite systems

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Miguel C Brito