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2025-09-11
Carbon tax will be applied to residential heating starting in 2027
The new EU Emissions Trading System – known as ETS2 – will start to price harmful carbon emissions from buildings and road transport.
2025-09-11
The future of construction: cement with bacteria can store electricity and reduce energy costs
A new construction material created with bacteria can support loads and also store electricity, paving the way for more efficient buildings that are independent of the power grid.
2025-09-10
ERSE publishes Electricity Self-Consumption Report for 2024
This document indicates that the number of self-consumption production units (UPAC) has increased by around 44% per year between 2021 and 2024, with the installed capacity for self-consumption growing on average by 57% per year.
2025-09-10
Energy self-consumption has significantly intensified
Number of installations grows 44% per year.
2025-09-10
The Contribution of the SMARTER System and the SMARTER4EU Project
The evaluation and classification systems for the sustainability of buildings play a key role in transforming the construction sector by allowing for the objective quantification and communication of the environmental performance of the built environment.
2025-09-09
Still about the blackout
It is confirmed what APREN had already stated on April 29: renewables were not the cause of the blackout.
2025-09-09
EU accelerates climate transition, but funding continues to hinder progress.
Despite advances in clean technologies and green jobs, the lack of investment and infrastructure threatens the European goal of carbon neutrality by 2050, warns a new report.
2025-09-08
Portugal has abundant resources to produce energy from waves and tides.
The sector is in the research and development phase at the international level.
2025-09-08
Madeira with a 30% reduction in emissions compared to 2005
According to the National Institute of Statistics, Madeira is below the national average in carbon intensity per GDP and per capita emissions.
2025-09-08
Project that transforms wave energy into electricity is to be installed in Portugal.
Eco Wave Power is already producing electricity from a completely renewable energy source: the movement of waves. From Los Angeles, USA, where it operates, the company plans to expand to Taiwan, India, and Portugal.