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2024-03-28
The 12 major challenges of the new Minister of Environment and Energy
Offshore wind, gas-fired power plants, gas pipelines, ERSE, solar plants, lithium, tariff debt, licensing or low-voltage distribution are some of the challenges that await Maria da Graça Carvalho.
2024-03-28
Maria da Graça Carvalho: "I don't like very large solar plants and hydrogen projects are of excessive ambition"
The new minister is responsible for the super Environmental Fund, with a budget of 1.8 billion euros for this year.
2024-03-27
Anticipating the future: flexible, large-surface solar cells using halide perovskites
Crystalline silicon-based technologies dominate the current photovoltaic market. However, its development is slowly approaching the expected efficiency limit.
2024-03-27
Renewables break global records with uneven growth
Power capacity additions reached a new benchmark of 473 gigawatts in 2023, but many countries are excluded from the benefits of the energy transition.
2024-03-26
APA will contest the action of the Public Prosecutor's Office against the solar plant in Santiago do Cacém
Iberdrola, in partnership with Prosolia Energy, wants to build a mega photovoltaic plant, with 1,200 megawatts of installed power.
2024-03-26
Government creates Mission Structure for renewable projects permitting
The Mission Structure for the Permitting of Renewable Energy Projects 2030 aims to ensure compliance with the PNEC 2030, according to the Resolution of the Council of Ministers No. 50/2024.
2024-03-26
Certification of self-consumption projects skyrockets 175%
At the beginning of March, DGEG registered almost 900 applications for licensing of collective self-consumption projects, of which 42 were certified.
2024-03-25
Most European companies spend less than 25% of capex on decarbonization
A study shows that more than half of companies in the most polluting sectors report that access to capital is a central concern in decarbonisation efforts.
2024-03-25
European associations highlight opportunities of the new EPBD in a joint statement
The organisations consider that the recast of the directive "will help ensure the contribution of buildings to the EU's carbon neutrality, energy efficiency and renewable energy targets." 
2024-03-25
Offshore wind auction advances until June 2024, says Government
It will kick off by June 2024, with about six months of delay.