A consolidação da investigação em energias renováveis em Portugal: Redes de colaboração nacionais e internacionais

Abstract

Renewable energies are an essential part of the current process of transition to energy systems based on endogenous and environmentally sustainable technologies, but their successful implementation depends on their maturation and the creation of local know-how. However, the literature on research in this area is rather limited, despite the emphasis that the energy lines have acquired in European science funding mechanisms. This work seeks to trace the formation of a research community in renewable energies in Portugal at a time when the country invested heavily in its implementation, based on the analysis of the scientific production and co-authorship networks of articles indexed in Scopus with authored in Portuguese institutions and published in the period 2001-2015. The data shows the formation and rapid growth of a community, particularly in energy systems and wind energy, which reflects its emphasis on science funding and the industry’s needs. This community has diversified its international partners, but also strengthening bilateral collaboration with countries with which it maintains affinities - Spain (geographical), Brazil (linguistic), USA (collaboration program in the area).