The GNOM research group of the UPC has been granted by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación of the Spanish Government to develop the research project Short - and Medium Term Multimarket Optimal Electricity Generation Planning With Risk and Environmental Constraints. This is a three years project starting on january 2009 with an assigned budget of 130.000€, that extens the work done in several previous research projects . The leader of the project is Prof. F. Javier Heredia, and participate several researchers from the Universidad Politècnica de Catalunya, Universidad del País Vasco, Universidade Estadual de Campinas-UNICAMP, University of Edinburgh and Norwegian University of Science and Technology.The spanish electrical utilities Unión Fenosa and Gas Natural are also involved in the project as external observers and promoters. Follow this link to know more about this project.