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2025-10-10
Government strengthens energy sovereignty with increased national production
After the April 2025 blackout, the Government wants to reduce external vulnerability and strengthen the resilience of the network by focusing on domestic production, storage management, source diversification, and reinforcing energy interconnections...
2025-10-05
Spanish nuclear plant near Portugal is about to close, but radioactive waste still needs to be dealt with
While energy companies argue that extending the plant's lifespan is necessary to ensure energy supply, Portuguese environmentalists celebrate the decision but warn that issues related to radioactive waste will not disappear.
2025-10-04
Iberian blackout in April was caused by cascading failures in renewable production, concludes ENTSO-E report
The blackout that left Portugal and Spain without electricity on April 28, 2025, resulted from successive shutdowns of renewable production, followed by the loss of synchronization with the European grid, according to the factual report released today by...
2025-10-03
Report on the blackout. "Many of the weaknesses pointed out (in Spain) do not apply to Portugal," says the minister
The Minister of Environment and Energy says that the report on the Iberian blackout shows that the Portuguese electrical system, unlike Spain's, had exemplary voltage control.