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2023-10-14
Synthetic fuels pollute five times more than electric vehicles
The European Union, under pressure from Germany, has allowed e-fuels to be equated with electric cars, but the oil lobby wants more facilities, which would allow it to pollute five times more.
2023-10-13
SolarPower Europe calls for investment in grids
"Grids, grids, grids." This is the answer of Walburga Hemetsberger, president of the Solar Power Europe association, when asked what it takes to speed up the installation of solar capacity.
2023-10-13
Tender for injection into the electricity grid by biomass plants launched by November
The Council of Ministers approved, on Thursday, a decree-law that changes the procedures regarding applications for the installation and operation of new biomass plants.
2023-10-12
Energy transition requires a lot of investment in infrastructure and research
The conclusions are from the Portugal Energy Conference, which brought together representatives of the sector in Lisbon on Thursday to discuss the challenges and opportunities in energy.
2023-10-12
Government promises tender to support investment in batteries later this year
The investment in batteries is one of the promises of the current Government, which has also outlined the objective of preparing a national strategy for energy storage, which will include, in addition to lithium batteries, the investment in hydroelectric...
2023-10-12
Government of Madeira affirms commitment to electric mobility and energy efficiency
The regional director of Economy and Land Transport, Isabel Rodrigues, pointed out the commitment of the Madeiran executive to electric mobility and energy efficiency.
2023-10-12
Exclusivity of hazardous waste treatment centers is over
The Government approved today the end of the exclusivity of the two integrated centers for the recovery, recovery and disposal of hazardous waste (CIRVER), opening the sector to the entry of new licensed operators, without changing the technical and...
2023-10-11
MP2X consortium invests over 1,500 million in "green" hydrogen in Sines.
The project led by the Portuguese company Madoqua Renewables is expected to exceed the capacity of 1 Gigawatt (GW) of green hydrogen production,
2023-10-10
Tax authorities already have a model to evaluate dams and ask for urgency from experts
The value of the land on which the dams are located, as it is public domain, will not be counted for the purposes of calculating the taxable patrimonial value (VPT) of these properties.
2023-10-10
EU admits to investigating Chinese wind farms, but doesn't want war
The European Commissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson, will meet Chinese officials this week on Beijing's subsidies for renewable energy.