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2025-10-02
Offshore wind auction. 'Complex' for the DGEG, 'frustrating' for the developers
The offshore wind energy auction is being prepared. The developers remain interested, but there is also frustration and warnings.
2025-10-02
Natural gas consumption increases in August and renewables provide more than 74% of electricity
Provisional data from the Rapid Statistics of Fossil Fuels and Rapid Statistics of Renewable Energies from the Directorate-General for Energy and Geology (DGEG) reveal that, in August 2025, global fossil fuel consumption, on a rolling year basis,...
2025-10-02
Consumo de eletricidade em Portugal dispara para máximo histórico no acumulado até setembro
Demand reached 39.2 TWh, the highest value in 15 years. Renewables accounted for 70% of consumption, and natural gas surged in the electricity generation sector.
2025-10-02
Renewable energy supplied 57% of consumption in September
Adene points out that, compared to September of last year, total renewable electricity production increased by about 6.6%, as a result of the increase in photovoltaic solar (27%), wind (2.2%), and biomass (1.2%)
2025-10-01
2024, a historic milestone in energy in Portugal [energy dependence]
What factors made it possible to achieve this historic milestone so important for the national energy sector?
2025-10-01
Electricity consumption in Portugal reaches a 15-year high
Consumption grew by 2.6% compared to the same period in 2024, or 2.0% considering the effects of temperature and working days, surpassing the previous peak by 0.8%, recorded in 2010.
2025-10-01
Portugal and Finland announce alliance
The goal is to develop green hydrogen by combining the Iberian potential for renewable production with Finnish technology, in a sector with more than 80 active companies.
2025-09-30
With the Climate Social Fund, 'we will be able to consider other measures for the energy transition'
The E-Lar Program, which is starting now, has seen strong support from equipment suppliers. The Minister of Environment and Energy reveals that "vouchers" can be redeemed in nearly a thousand stores across the country.
2025-09-30
European Commission launches hub to boost citizen-centered energy transition
The Citizen Energy Advisory Hub is a new initiative that seeks to empower local communities and citizens to actively participate in Europe's energy transition.
2025-09-30
DGEG clarifies when energy storage projects are exempt from environmental assessment
The DGEG clarified that the installation of storage systems in renewable energy plants already exempt from environmental impact assessment maintains this exemption only if it remains within the area of the originally licensed project.