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2024-11-06
Government is designing incentives for biomass plants that benefit the forest
The Minister of Energy, Maria da Graça Carvalho, indicates that her office is working on remuneration for biomass plants that bring benefits in terms of cleaning forests.
2024-11-06
Portugal is counting on Luxembourg (or another country) to finance part of the offshore wind farms and not burden tariffs
The government is negotiating funding from other EU countries to reduce the bill for the installation of offshore wind farms. Luxembourg is interested, but there are others, says minister who wants to avoid burdening tariffs.
2024-11-05
Offshore wind
The Minister of the Environment announced a two-phase auction and revealed that the European Commission will open a tender for European countries to invest in offshore projects.
2024-11-05
UC in international consortium to revolutionize energy efficiency in Europe
FCTUC's BungEES project aims to promote the development of new intelligent services aimed at optimizing and reducing energy consumption and thus revolutionize the energy efficiency landscape.
2024-11-05
Government launches offshore wind auction for 2025
By the end of November, the Council of Ministers will approve the areas in the Portuguese sea to install wind turbines, said the Minister of Environment and Energy.
2024-11-05
Government sponsors hydrogen "green corridor" between Sines, Netherlands and Germany
The objective is to transport synthetic fuels and raw materials based on green hydrogen derivatives, such as ammonia and methanol, and products such as liquefied CO2, from Portugal to Northwest Europe.
2024-11-05
Government publishes decree-law that defines the rules on the energy performance of data centers
The document applies to data centres located in the national territory with an installed power demand of at least 500 kW for information technology equipment.
2024-11-04
Low-voltage network tender may skid
Ribeiro da Silva guarantees that the final report of the working group will be presented by December 15. But he warns that for municipalities "it is a bad time" to launch tenders in a year of municipal elections.
2024-11-04
Electricity consumption increases 3.1% in October on the back of renewables
The most notable thing in this energy scenario is the predominance of renewable energies, which provided 68% of the total electricity consumed in the country. 
2024-11-04
European Court of Auditors questions capacity of European electricity grid
According to the European entity's communication, Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine was a test of Europe's supply in the energy sector, stating that Europe failed this test.