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2025-02-13
IEA: Energy consumption will rise 4% per year until 2027 thanks to China and India
In the annual report on the electricity market, the IEA notes that emerging countries will account for 85% of growth by 2027, but there is also some recovery in the developed world, due in part to the demand for new data centers and the electrification...
2025-02-13
Allocation Plan for Offshore Renewable Energy needs more environmental guarantees, say NGO's
Throughout the process of defining areas for accelerating the deployment of renewable energy at sea, NGOs raised concerns about the need to exclude environmentally sensitive areas.
2025-02-13
Can Portugal aspire to be the new Eldorado of Data Centres?
Lisbon's proximity to critical submarine cables, including Google's future Cloud cable and 2Africa, reinforces its importance as an intersection point for the global communications network.
2025-02-13
Renewable gas auction already has winners
There was only one application in the area of biomethane, presented by Dourogás Renováveis. The capacity awarded in this gas was 75 times below the maximum threshold set in the tender.
2025-02-13
Portugal hosts first event on the Modernisation Fund
DGEG held an info day dedicated to the Modernization Fund. It is the first event in the country focused on this instrument that aims to help some of the European Union's Member States meet their energy and climate goals. 
2025-02-13
Jean Barroca is the new Secretary of State for Energy
Where does he come from and what challenges does he face?
2025-02-12
DGEG launches update of the scenario for carbon neutrality for 2050
The new 2024 version of the CN50 already includes the historical records for 2022. The assumptions for 2023-2030 have been aligned with those of the 'With Additional Measures' scenario of the NECP, through a process of mutual adjustment, and in...
2025-02-12
Seven companies chosen in the auction to inject renewable gases into the grid
In total, the 120 MW hour were awarded in the tender in the two gas networks.
2025-02-11
The new sun tax
Renewable energy has an increasing weight, but the price of electricity does not reduce energy poverty or energy poverty. And everything seems to be coming together for us to have to pay IMI on solar panels.
2025-02-11
National Transmission Grid connected 776 MW of photovoltaic installations to the grid in 2024
Adding to these figures the 476 MW connected last year to the National Distribution Network (RND), the total installed capacity rises to 3872 MW (excluding the Production Units for Self-Consumption that do not sell surpluses to the Public Grid).