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A project on electric vehicle charging was approved by the Energy Sector Fund

July 2, 2019
The project aims to optimize the charging of electric vehicles using applied mathematics. Specifically, it focuses on scheduling and managing the charging of vehicle fleets to reduce the impact on the power grid, as this is an application that requires a significant amount of energy and power.

The research project “Electric Vehicle Charging Management and Its Smart Integration with the Power Grid,” led by Dr. Andrés Ferragut, an associate professor in the Data Networks area of the School of Engineering, has been approved for funding by the Energy Sector Fund of the National Agency for Research and Innovation.

In addition to Dr. Ferragut, Dr. Fernando Paganini, professor of Telecommunications Theory in the School of Engineering and head of the Group for Applied Mathematics in Telecommunications and Energy (MATE Group), is participating as a researcher, along with research assistants Martín Zeballos and Rodrigo Porteiro.

This will allow the team to build on the work of their previous project on smart grids and electric mobility—also funded by the Fund—entitled “Optimal Operation of Smart Loads, Renewable Generation, and Storage Resources in Electric Grids,” the results of which were presented at the event held on June 12, 2019, at the Universidad ORT Uruguay Centro campus.

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