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2022-05-24
Ursula von der Leyen: "War accelerates ecological transition"
The President of the European Commission is looking forward to an agreement between the 27 Member States of the European Union on the Russian oil embargo.
2022-05-24
Brussels admits coal-station power plants will run longer than expected
The REPowerEU plan wants to accelerate renewables and reduce transition gas. For this, coal will stay longer in the European energy mix.
2022-05-23
Vice-President of the European Commission says interconnections with Iberian Peninsula should be improved
Portugal should "strengthen the framework for incentives for investments in energy efficiency in buildings" and also "increase electricity interconnections".
2022-05-19
Brussels urges Portugal and nine other countries to adopt renewable energy directive
The deadline for EU Member States to transpose these EU rules into national law ended on 30 June 2021, and as early as July last year the European Commission sent a letter of formal notice to all countries.
2022-05-19
Portugal has two months to adopt European energy efficiency rules
The European legislation at issue also sets a binding EU energy efficiency target of at least 32.5 % by 2030.
2022-05-18
Roadmap for Hydrogen
AIP, IPP and the Academy for H2 have launched a Roadmap for Hydrogen. Six months and 23 awareness-raising sessions in various parts of the country are the plan to promote an industrial policy around hydrogen. 
2022-05-18
Guterres presents 'Marshall Plan' to prevent catastrophic climate change
Ending fossil fuel subsidies, tripling investment in renewables, cutting red tape, and making these global public goods technologies available for free are some of the suggestions.
2022-05-18
Lisbon City Council decides to extinguish tender for construction of photovoltaic plant in Carnide
In July 2018, the chamber estimated that it had a photovoltaic plant operating in Carnide by 2020 to power electric vehicles and reduce fossil energy in the city.
2022-05-17
Current prices of the Iberian Peninsula justify electrical interconnections
The Community executive estimates that "an additional EUR 29 billion in additional investments in the [European] electricity grid is needed by 2030 to make it fit for greater use and production of electricity".
2022-05-17
European Union has plan of 210 billion by 2027 to be independent of Russian energy
The REPowerEU energy package involves an additional investment of €210 billion by 2027, in addition to what is needed to achieve the objectives of the Objective 55 package.