> New generation of powdered coal thermoelectric plants (super-critical cycles)

> Integrated engineering and maintenance management systems

> Safety, risk engineering, maintenance engineering, product reliability, industrial systems and faciliti

> Environmentally friendly anti-corrosion protection

> Integrated systems for managing sludge produced by thermoelectric power stations

> Alternatives to hydrazine in the chemical treatment of the water-steam circuit at thermoelectric power stations

> Distributed generation technologies: hydrogen-fuelled fuel cells, Stirling motor, gas microturbine, photovoltaic cells.

> Wave energy: oscillating water column plant at the new north breakwater in Foz do Douro; AquaBuoy technology, operational recovery of the European Wave Energy Plant in Pico.

> Impact and management of micro-generation  in distribution grids from an economic, environmental, operational and safety point of view.

> Remote monitoring of defects in the overhead medium-voltage grid

> Pilot system for remote detection of obstacles to overhead lines

> Pilot facility with high-quality energy (minimising harmful effects of voltage sags and "micro-cuts" on customers)

> Developing methods for integrated diagnosis of the status of transformers, substations and transformer stations

> Experimental inspections for detecting the corona effect in medium and high-voltage equipment

> Digital power line (telecommunications services - voice and data transmission - via the electricity grid superimposed on normal power traffic

> Characterisation of consumers (charge models) and grids in the liberalised electricity market

> Efficiency and productivity studies

> New hydrogen generation technologi

> Research into current European natural gas networks to facilitate the transport and future use of hydrog

> Development of a an integrated carbon monoxide and methane gas detector with a magnetic filter for domestic use