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2022-01-06
December without coal power production
After the closure of the last coal-fueled power plants, 73% of electricity production in the last month of 2021 originated from renewable sources.
2022-01-06
Thermoelectric plants with less emissions CO2 in 2021
APREN and ZERO estimate that the large thermoelectric power plants in Portugal emitted, in 2021, 4.8 million tons of CO2.
2022-01-06
The large thermal power plants in Portugal will have emitted 4.8 million tons of CO2 in 2021
The President of APREN considers it "essential to continue and intensify the electrification, directly and indirectly, of energy consumption, with social and territorial cohesion".
2022-01-06
Thermoelectric plants with CO2 emissions in 2021 in at least 31 years
Data for 2021 were revealed in a joint statement by the associations APREN and Zero.
2022-01-06
Between 2008 and 2018, electricity production emissions ranged from 10 to 17 million tonnes per year
According to APREN and Zero, with a greater weight of renewable sources, the value could be lower as early as 2020.
2022-01-06
Coal-based power plants with pollutant emissions for at least 31 years
The associations recall that 2021 was also marked by the closure of the last two coal-free power plants in Sines and Pego.
2022-01-06
Thermoelectric plants with CO2 emissions in 2021 in at least 31 years
APREN and ZERO report at the beginning of each year an analysis of the evolution of the main indicators of the energy transition.
2022-01-06
Thermoelectric plants with CO2 emissions in 2021 in at least 31 years
Associations APREN and Zero indicate that 2021 sets a true record.
2022-01-06
Thermoelectric power plants emitted 4.8M tons CO2 in 2021, lowest since 1990
According to a joint statement from APREN and ZERO, the large thermoelectric power plants in Portugal emitted, in 2021, 4.8 million tons of carbon dioxide, the minimum since 1990.
2022-01-06
In 2021, thermoelectric plants in Portugal issued the minimum value since 1990
APREN and ZERO explain that the value had already fallen to 6.6 million tons by 2020.