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2025-05-02
Renewables supply 90% of electricity consumption in April
Non-renewable energy production was responsible for supplying 8% of consumption, while the remaining 2% was supplied by imported energy.
2025-05-02
European Commission launches Clean Industry Act
New European strategy for competitive industries and quality jobs, for which more than €100 billion will be mobilised to support production in the EU.
2025-05-01
"It is not correct" to associate blackouts with renewable energy, says president of Spanish electricity company Red Eléctrica
Beatriz Corredor says that the cause of the blackout in the Iberian Peninsula has been practically localized, but there is still data to analyze.
2025-05-01
A blackout can never be avoided 100%
Interview with the CEO of REN.
2025-04-30
ZERO Association says that "it makes no sense to think about a return to coal-fired power plants"
Francisco Ferreira argues that the solution is renewable energies and interconnections. He says that Portugal has already been 100% supplied by renewables for several days, without any inconvenience.
2025-04-30
Portugal has been getting its supplies without Spain since the blackout and the following day even paid less for electricity
Despite the interconnection being operational, Portugal and Spain chose not to carry out commercial exchanges of electricity after the blackout. Portugal even got cheaper electricity the next day.
2025-04-29
"Coal-fired power plants are not needed": the problem is not in photovoltaic energy, it is in the "traffic policeman"
Nuno Ribeiro Silva, former president of Endesa, analyzes what may have been at the origin of the blackout.
2025-04-29
Regardless of the technical details of what happened, the problem will be in the investment in the networks
The problem is not a hypothetical generation deficit and lack of firm power, such as coal (or nuclear).
2025-04-24
Government will help 319 electro-intensive industries with 60 million per year
In return, companies must invest at least 50% of the amount of aid received in projects that reduce the carbon intensity of their installations and ensure that at least 30% of their electricity consumption comes from renewable sources.
2025-04-24
Wind at sea: what is missing to auction?
The government wants to define by October the rules of the first auction for offshore wind farms in Portugal, a dossier that has been dragging on for almost three years.