R&D Nester – Centro de Investigação em Energia REN – State Grid, S.A.

Company typology: PME (Volume de Negócios < 50M€)
Business sector: Energia, Petróleo e Gás
Region: Lisboa

Centro de Investigação em Energia REN – State Grid, S.A. (R&D NESTER) is an energy research centre created through the partnership between REN (REN – Redes Energéticas Nacionais, SGPS, SA) and State Grid Corporation of China. This partnership started on May 24th of 2013, during the last phase of REN’s privatization.

As an energy research Centre, our mission is to provide an international platform for knowledge, delivering innovative solutions to be applied into energy systems. R&D NESTER aims at providing new tools, strategies and processes well-tuned to the new energy paradigm, and serving as a driving force towards more efficient and sustainable energy systems.

The main areas of activity are Power Systems Simulation, Renewable Energy Management, Smart Grid Technologies, Energy Markets and Economics, Power Systems Planning and Operation. For this purpose, R&D NESTER own and operates  a Real Time Power System Simulation (RTPSS) Laboratory, with high computational capacity equipment for simulation, analysis and study of advanced energy networks, in their aspects of power and communications systems, with the potential to carry out the analysis of energy systems in real time.

Benefiting from R&D NESTER’s shareholders structure of global power sector industry and from extensive involvement in international organizations and working groups, the in-house expertise combines extensive industry hands-on experience, besides strong academic background.

R&D NESTER has been recognized by Portuguese government in the field of R&D for the technical-scientific knowledge domain of conception and development of energy grid innovative solutions.
Since December 2015, R&D NESTER became a Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) certified company, in accordance with standard NP 4457:2007 and is also ISO Certified 9001/14001/18001.

As part of our strategy, several projects are being developed in partnership with other national and international organizations. R&D NESTER often participates in R&D and Innovation projects from several National and European R&D Funding programs such as H2020, INTERREG or ESA.
R&D NESTER is member of CIGRÉ (Conseil International des Grands Réseaux Électriques) and EERA (European Energy Research Alliance) and is also an active member of several ETIP-SNET Working Groups since its inception.
R&D NESTER frequently publishes in international and recognized scientific journals and conferences in Europe, U.S. and Asia (e.g. IEEE or CIGRÉ) highlighting the advanced knowledge in our areas of activity.

At R&D NESTER we are fully engaged with tomorrow’s clean energy systems, applying leading edge technologies and disruptive solutions towards more efficient, reliable and economic power systems.