Press

2024-11-06
"Investing in electricity grids per se does not guarantee an efficient market"
The intervention by Eduardo Teixeira, Director of Markets and Consumers at ERSE, at PRES 2024 focused on the European Union's Grid Action Plan.
2024-11-06
"The Government wants to make decarbonization an opportunity to give our country more competitiveness"
The Minister of Environment and Energy, Maria da Graça Carvalho, was present at the closing session of PRES 2024.
2024-11-05
Areas for offshore wind completed and about to "leave"
The areas with potential for the installation of offshore wind projects are identified, in order to feed the first phase of the auction. 
2024-11-05
Portugal is counting on Luxembourg (or another country) to finance part of the offshore wind farms and not burden tariffs
The government is negotiating funding from other EU countries to reduce the bill for the installation of offshore wind farms.
2024-11-05
Government is designing incentives for biomass plants that benefit the forest
The Minister of Energy indicates that her office is working on remuneration for biomass plants that bring benefits in terms of cleaning forests.
2024-11-05
"DGEG will not be an obstacle in the permitting of offshore wind"
Manuela Seixas Fonseca, from DGEG, said that it is up to the Government to decide the dates for the first auction, but "it will be soon, in the shortest possible time".
2024-11-05
"It is unacceptable to have municipalities saying they don't want solar panels"
President of EMER 2030 argues that municipal budgets should be dependent on meeting the goals of the National Energy and Climate Plan.
2024-11-05
"Portugal is no longer the country where we look at all projects as we did before"
On the second day of PRES 2024, criticism of licensing and concerns about the goals of the PNEC2030 were heard.
2024-11-05
"For there to be a European Electricity Market in 2027, there needs to be interconnections between the Iberian Peninsula and the rest of the EU"
The Secretary of State for Energy was present at the opening session of "PRES 2024", an event that she considers a "reference in the national and international energy sector" and that brings to the discussion the challenges of today.
2024-11-05
New design of the European Electricity Market
The «PRES 2024 (Portugal Renewable Energy Summit)» kicked off this Monday with a panel dedicated to the debate on the reformulation of the European Electricity Market, a measure announced by the European Union.