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2021-09-12
More than 50 million tons of CO2 avoided in the last five years
Production from renewables saved 4.1 billion, revealed a study carried out by Deloitte for APREN.
2021-09-12
Renewables already employ nearly 51,000 people
The renewable energy sector reached 50,996 jobs (direct and indirect) in 2020, reveals a study that consultant Deloitte made for APREN.
2021-09-08
Energy: Domestic Electricity Price May Increase
João Galamba  added that, with the information available at the time, there will not be “significant increases” in the price of electricity for domestic consumers, but he did not commit to the absence of a rise.
2021-09-08
Self-consumption communities help reduce electricity bills
APREN recalls that the CERs introduce yet another solution for the supply of electricity from renewable sources that is safe and cost-effective, in addition to including the possibility of ensuring and providing flexible services.
2021-09-08
Minister of Economy rejects widespread lowering of VAT on electricity
The Government works to “muffle the impact” [of the price of energy] and that there should not be a drop in this tax.
2021-09-08
Siza Vieira rejects widespread reduction in VAT on electricity
According to the official, from the companies' point of view, VAT is neutral, and it is in families that the Government will continue to work with “the various possibilities” to mitigate the effects of the rise in energy prices.
2021-09-08
Renewable energy sources and contributed 18.5 billion euros to GDP
This is one of the conclusions of the APREN study on the impact and contribution between 2016 and 2020 of electricity from renewable sources on consumers' bills, on the electricity system and on the national economy.
2021-09-08
Renewables saved electricity consumers 6.1 billion
This and other conclusions are part of a study on the impact of electricity from renewable sources, commissioned by APREN to the consultancy firm Deloitte.
2021-09-08
Renewables allowed to avoid the emission of 19.9 million tons of CO2 equivalent in 2020
The study on the “Impact of Renewable Electricity”, developed for APREN, was presented yesterday at an event, which was attended by the Assistant Secretary of State and for Energy.
2021-09-08
Government admits "reduced" rise in electricity in 2022
With certainty only in October, when the proposed tariffs are announced, but the executive guarantees that there are "means" for an increase not to be significant. And one of them are renewables.