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2023-11-13
A quarter of the implementation of the RRP is at a "worrying and critical" point
This third official balance sheet of the RRP "analyses the developments that have occurred since the last report, in February 2023", adding to it the subsequent financial information available until the middle of last month and another collected through...
2023-11-13
Offshore wind auction moves forward only with the allocation of maritime space, without connection to the grid
The first offshore wind energy auction that the Government wants to launch in 2023 will go ahead in a first phase only with the allocation of maritime space to Portuguese and foreign companies that submit for bidding.
2023-11-11
EU wants end to fossil fuel subsidies as early as 2025
Europe will advocate at the Climate Summit (COP28) for the end of state aid for the consumption of energy sources that emit greenhouse gases worldwide as early as 2025.
2023-11-11
Final conference of the Roadmap for Carbon Neutrality of the Azores defines strategies
This Roadmap "aimed to establish a clear strategic vision and explore cost-effective, technologically feasible and economically viable trajectories in various scenarios of economic and demographic growth, in order to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050".
2023-11-10
Start Campus, the company in Sines in the middle of the controversy that brought down António Costa's government
The company was founded in 2020 and is owned by two giants of the US financial industry. The project was classified by the Government as the "largest foreign investment since Autoeuropa".
2023-11-10
More than 60 countries back agreement to triple renewable energy this decade
Scientists say rapidly expanding clean energy and rapidly reducing the burning of fossil fuels in the electricity sector – are vital to reacting to the climate crisis.
2023-11-09
President of the Republic gives "green light" to the rules for the installation and operation of new biomass plants
At stake is the launch of a new tender for the allocation of licenses for biomass plants to inject the electricity produced into the public grid.
2023-11-09
Renewable Energies European wind industry with more than 500GW in 2030?
European Commission presents plan.
2023-11-08
Lithium and hydrogen, two key resources in the European targets
Brussels is counting on both elements to achieve the objectives of combating climate change and even admits that the demand for lithium will increase 12 times by 2030.
2023-11-08
University of Coimbra simulates energy classification of public lighting
This measure contributes to the implementation of the National Energy and Climate Plan 2030 (PNEC), "by responding to the need to create a system that aims to promote the efficiency in energy consumption of the national public lighting infrastructure".