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2024-08-01
Humanity exhausts the "balance" of Earth's natural resources this Thursday
Overshoot day arrived in 2024 this Thursday, August 1st, 24 hours earlier than in 2023.
2024-08-01
Solar reaches historic weight in electricity consumption in July
Renewable energy production supplied 53% of electricity consumption in the country in July, according to REN data.
2024-08-01
Government approves REN's investments to strengthen the energy network
REN's plan foresees the creation of grid connection capacity in the high-demand area of Sines, the reinforcement of RNT, and the development of RNT in the Northeast of mainland Portugal, in order to integrate renewables and the supply of new very high...
2024-08-01
There is still a lot of sea to navigate
The sea is the third largest economic area in Portugal.
2024-07-31
Government opens 100 million tender to create 500 MW storage capacity
The Minister of Environment and Energy points to a "greener and more sustainable energy future".
2024-07-30
GALP's Sines refinery maintains leadership in the ranking of CO2 emissions in Portugal
According to the APA, in 2023, the refinery emitted around 2.4 million tons of CO2, which is equivalent to almost 5% of Portugal's net emissions in the previous year.
2024-07-30
Renewables overtake fossil fuels in the EU and already provide 30% of electricity
According to Chris Rosslowe, an analyst at 'Ember', the rise of wind and solar energy was narrowing the role of fossil fuels.
2024-07-29
A new light on the road to net zero
Scientists are one step closer to giving the next generation of solar cells a powerful boost by integrating a process that could make the technology more efficient by breaking light particles — photons — into tiny pieces.
2024-07-28
Discover 15 of the largest solar plants that are being developed in Portugal
The 15 large-scale projects, most of which have already been "greenlit" by the APA, add up to investments of more than €4 billion and will occupy more than 7 thousand hectares from North to South of the country.
2024-07-27
Energy and climate: what are the commitments by 2030?
This week, the revision of the National Energy and Climate Plan (PNEC) entered public consultation, which proposes more ambitious goals by 2030 than those outlined last year by the previous Government.