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2025-01-03
Insurance regulator has already delivered to the Government a proposal on seismic fund
The insurance regulator argues that insurance for seismic risk should become mandatory, in addition to having a seismic certification just as there is the energy certification of properties.
2025-01-03
SEASTEADING – The cities of the future in the "Portuguese Sea"
The concept of seasteading is gaining increasing global attention as an innovative solution to modern challenges such as population growth, resource scarcity, and climate change.
2025-01-02
China is building a "Great Solar Wall" to power cities
The project is visible from Space and will have a maximum generating capacity of 100 gigawatts when it is completed.
2025-01-02
Carbon neutrality: a challenge for 25 years
Community funds play a key role in supporting technologies that are not yet competitive.
2025-01-01
Kiev cuts off Russian natural gas transport through its territory
Ukraine has suspended the transport of Russian natural gas through its territory, as it had warned, as part of the end of the contract.
2025-01-01
Renewables break record and supply 71% of consumption in 2024
Renewable production reached, in 2024, the highest value ever in the Portuguese electricity system, having supplied 71% of electricity consumption, REN revealed.
2024-12-31
ELPRE's 7th Progress Report records "progress in decarbonization, but challenges require urgent action"
The report focuses on the period from June to November 2024, reflecting the performance in the decarbonization of the built stock in Portugal, in line with the Roadmap for Carbon Neutrality 2050 and the National Energy and Climate Plan 2030.
2024-12-31
Electricity producers and consumers will have a platform for bilateral energy contracting
The Government has already set a timetable for the implementation of the new platform that aims to facilitate medium and long-term contracts between new renewable electricity producers and consumers.
2024-12-31
Could solar energy be the main source of energy before 2050?
New research suggests that the world may have reached a "tipping point" for solar power, making it the main source of energy before 2050, even without more ambitious climate policies.
2024-12-30
Government extends exceptional measures to simplify renewable production again
This is the fourth extension of a set of measures that, according to the Government, "have been crucial to promote a rapid energy transition".