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2025-05-14
More than 83% of the electricity produced in April came from renewable sources.
"The sector is ready to do more, but it needs a market model that recognizes and values this strategic contribution," says the president of Apren, Pedro Amaral Jorge.
2025-05-13
Engineering for the energy transition: challenges and opportunities
Engineers working in the field of renewable energies play a crucial role in the planning, design, implementation, maintenance, and end-of-life of systems that harness renewable energy sources.
2025-05-12
APREN rejects the increase of the IMI
A working group created by the Government proposes the creation of a new concept of building – "electro-producing centers for the conversion of renewable energies" – and the reclassification of these assets as buildings.
2025-05-08
Experts want renewable companies to pay more property tax (IMI)
What the document proposes, says Pedro Amaral Jorge, "is punitive for the holders of electricity generation centers," because "by decree we will start to consider as buildings what is currently considered equipment."
2025-05-09
Academic training in the service of the energy transition
The APREN Award establishes itself as an attempt to bridge the gap between academia and the business sector, promoting emerging talent and technical-scientific knowledge.
2025-05-08
Light highway with Morocco
APREN rejects this solution and believes it is necessary to increase the resilience of the grid with greater incorporation of renewables, to enhance interconnections with Europe, to increase the number of black start plants, and to strengthen the...
2025-05-06
We need a more interconnected and smarter network
It is extremely premature to blame anyone, let alone the use of renewable energy in electricity production, as many hastily suggested.
2025-05-01
"Thinking about coal to solve a blackout is like thinking about the hammer to perform surgery"
The representative of the renewable sector, Pedro Amaral Jorge, accuses of "populism and opportunism" those who used the blackout to attack the cleanest sources of energy.
2025-04-30
Maria Inês Monteiro from UMinho wins APREN Award for her master's thesis on renewable energy
The student has developed a technology that could make lithium batteries safer by introducing tiny spheres into them that expand with heat.
2025-04-30
"Atribuir a culpa do apagão às renováveis ​​é absurdo"
In statements to TSF, the president of Apren explains that there is no excess energy and that it is possible to turn off the system at any time