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2023-07-05
Pace of decarbonization may slow due to energy market instability in 2022
Energy and natural resources executives are convinced that they will achieve net-zero emissions in the long term.
2023-07-05
Iberian Peninsula may be Europe's next industrial hub of clean technologies
Spain and Portugal have abundant clean energy resources, including wind, solar and hydroelectric power.
2023-07-05
Government admits desire that "Repsol see in our country the climate necessary to strengthen its bet"
Statements by Duarte Cordeiro at the "Luso-Spanish Forum: The Iberian space connected to accelerate decarbonization".
2023-07-05
Tender for Tapada do Outeiro soon
João Bernardo revealed that the Government will launch as soon as possible the tender to extend the activity of the natural gas thermal power plant of Tapada do Outeiro.
2023-07-04
"Offshore wind will be a great opportunity for the Portuguese industry"
Says Ben Backwell, the CEO of the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), an association that brings together producers and the industry producing components for wind energy.
2023-07-04
Renewables supply 61% of electricity consumption by June
According to REN, until June, photovoltaic production supplied 7% of electricity consumption and biomass 6%, while natural gas production accounted for 19% and the remaining 20% corresponded to the import balance.
2023-07-04
Natural gas consumption fell 21.1% in the first half of the year
The United States of America was a leader in the supply of natural gas to Portugal, dethroning Nigeria, the main supplier in the first half of 2022.
2023-07-04
Future administrator of ERSE argues that the regulator has ensured stability of electricity prices
For Isabel Apolinário, the regulator has been successful in trying to promote stability in energy prices, in particular in regulated electricity tariffs.
2023-07-04
Spain warns that Portugal wants to surpass "neighboring country" in the target of renewables: 85% in 2030
The Spanish newspaper "El Economista" calls it an "ambitious plan" on the part of Portugal and that has already attracted the attention of energy companies such as Endesa, Iberdrola, Naturgy, Repsol and Cepsa.
2023-07-04
Constitutional opens the door to the end of the extraordinary contribution on the energy sector
A recent ruling by the Constitutional Court upheld, for the first time, natural gas concessionaires, recognising that the collection of the Extraordinary Contribution on the Energy Sector (EESC) from these companies is illegal.