Consumers will pay grid reinforcement to connect to offshore wind
The first auctions for offshore wind turbines will Portuguese take place in late 2023.
2023-05-24
APREN states that "Portugal is on the right track"
Association expects to grant licenses for exploration of ocean energies "later this year".
2023-05-24
Ocean Conference at the Museu do Oriente in Lisbon
Statements by Pedro Amaral Jorge, president of APREN.
2023-05-24
First offshore wind auction expected to have more than 1 GW of capacity
Duarte Cordeiro also said that the first auctioned areas should be those in the north of the country.
2023-05-24
Auction for the wind farms at sea will be in the last quarter with four lots up to 2 GW
The director-general of DGRM said on Wednesday that the first tender procedure may integrate up to four lots, from the north to the south of the country.
2023-05-24
First offshore auction with power exceeding one gigawatt
The Government intends to start the auction process by putting the areas on the north coast of the country out to tender first.
2023-05-24
REN warns that connecting offshore wind to the electricity grid will cost "a lot of money"
The company said it was still assessing the costs of connecting the 10 gigawatts of sea to land, but warned that the investment was likely to be large.
2023-05-24
Offshore auction: Viana do Castelo, Figueira da Foz and Sines are the first areas
In total, the first auction will feature four lots totaling two gigawatts.
2023-05-24
"By 2030, Europe will have at least four gigas of floating offshore"
In its most conservative view, Wind Europe believes in the four gigas. In the most optimistic view, it believes in the 10 gigas for the whole of Europe. Portugal aims to build 10 gigas by 2030.
2023-05-24
First offshore auction will put to tender four lots up to 2 GW
The final report, to be published by the working group, should put to tender four lots, each with a capacity of 500 MW, between Figueira da Foz and Sines, said the DGRM.
