SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

December 2025

A review of solid oxide cell technologies for power, fuel, and reversible energy storage

Bruna Rijo, Cecilia Mateos-Pedrero, José R. Copa Rey, Andrei Longo, Paulo Brito,¡ and Catarina Nobre (VALORIZA – Research Center for Endogenous Resource Valorization, Portalegre Polytechnic University)


This review explores the state of Solid Oxide Cell (SOC) technologies for generating renewable electricity and producing sustainable fuels, outlining how they work and the ways they can be configured within energy systems.

January 2025

‘Systematic and Bibliometric Review of Biomethane Production from Biomass-Based Residues: Technologies, Economics and Environmental Impact‘

Tiago F. Lopes (LNEG), Gonçalo Tiago (LNEG), Naresh R. (LNEG-Argent Energy), Gonçalo Lourinho (BIOREF), and Francisco Gírio (LNEG)


This review on the TEA and LCA of biomethane production technologies critically evaluates the technical and economic challenges, along with the opportunities for optimizing biomethane production, and discusses the potential for these technologies to contribute to sustainable bioenergy solutions in the transition to a low-carbon economy.

September 2024

Cleaning and Conditioning of Biomass Gasification Gas to Produce Biomethane

Filomena Pinto (LNEG), Paula Costa (LNEG), Rui André (LNEG), Paula Marques (LNEG), Filipe Paradela (LNEG)


The objective of this paper is to study hot cleaning and upgrading processes of gasification gas to allow it to be suitable for biomethane production.

REPORTS ON ADVANCES AND RESULTS

Publishable report on the evolution, advances, and results after two years of project (October 2024)