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2024-03-07
European Commission grants €350 million boost to the renewable energy sector in Portugal
Portugal aims to reduce dependence on imported energy technologies and create a more resilient and sustainable energy infrastructure by focusing on domestic production of solar panels, batteries and heat pumps.
2024-03-07
Renewables, minus VAT, lithium and hydrogen, nationalisations, nuclear and large projects
Proposals abound to cut VAT on electricity and gas. There are calls for nationalizations and cancellation of projects, less bureaucracy to speed up projects, and there are those who defend nuclear power.
2024-03-07
Europe is reindustrialising
 What role can Portugal play?
2024-03-07
A place in the sun: chronicle of a 'game changer' announced
Solar energy will put the national electricity system to the test in several ways. Are we ready for this challenge?
2024-03-07
Observatory will monitor the eradication of energy poverty by 2050
A team has been set up to ensure the rights of the population in access to energy and will dedicate itself to building measures in that sense.
2024-03-06
Energy: what do the parties propose?
Get to know the parties' programme with regard to the energy sector.
2024-03-05
EU bets on green hydrogen to reduce CO2 emissions from heavy industry
The EU wants to produce 10 million tonnes of renewable hydrogen and import an additional 10 million tonnes by 2030. 
2024-03-05
Growth of "green" energy limited the increase in CO2 emissions in 2023
The continuous expansion of photovoltaic solar energy, wind energy, electric cars and nuclear energy has contributed to the avoidance of fossil fuel consumption.
2024-03-05
Portugal on track to achieve energy transition
The country needs to develop transmission and distribution networks, mobilise investment, unblock bureaucracy around renewable energy.
2024-03-04
Good winds push electricity to an unprecedented series of low prices: will they reach the "electricity bill" of families?
In recent weeks, high wind production in Portugal and Spain has driven down wholesale electricity prices and led the Iberian market to record an unprecedented sequence of 11 days with prices below 10 euros per megawatt hour.