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2025-11-21
New energy rules are about to take effect in Portugal and almost all EU countries
The European Commission warned this Friday, the 21st, Portugal and 25 of the 27 EU countries about the need to correctly transpose into national legislation the EU rules that strengthen energy efficiency, two years after their adoption.
2025-11-20
Lula wants oil companies, mining companies, and the super-rich to pay for the energy transition
Those who suffer the most, he continued, “are the indigenous people, the poor of Africa, Latin America, and Asia,” which is why the Brazilian presidency of COP30 placed at the center of the negotiations the creation of an action plan to move beyond...
2025-11-20
Solar project in Castelo Branco sets record for public consultation participation
The public environmental consultation for the Sophia solar plant ends today and already has over 10,000 participants, a record for a project in Portugal.
2025-11-20
Johan Rockström: “The Ocean will determine whether we have a habitable future on planet Earth”
The expert calls for a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels “with quantified targets for each country” and with schedules for the next three years, warning that forests are showing many signs of shifting from carbon sinks to sources of heat. As for the...
2025-11-20
Existing solar power plants in Portugal prevent CO2 emissions equivalent to those of a refinery
Photovoltaic production in Portugal has been growing year after year, and in the first 10 months of the year it reached 5.5 terawatt-hours (TWh), more than the entire production of 2024.
2025-11-20
INE: Energy intensity of the economy falls in 2023 to a series low
The reduction in the energy intensity of the economy by 6.4% compared to 2022 resulted from a 3.5% decrease in energy use, combined with a real GDP growth of 3.1%.
2025-11-19
Portugal Reports a 23% Drop in Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Between 2015 and 2023, Portugal achieved a significant 23% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, according to the update from the Local SDG Platform.
2025-11-19
To prevent the Earth from warming by 1°C, it would have been enough to keep promises
Fulfilling three key climate promises — increasing renewable energy, improving energy efficiency, and reducing methane emissions — could prevent nearly 1°C of global warming.
2025-11-18
Energy Transition: Unexpected Slowdown in Global Financing
The new Global Landscape of Energy Transition Finance 2025 report, by IRENA and the Climate Policy Initiative, shows that energy transition financing reached a historic record in 2024.
2025-11-18
Supreme Administrative Court rules in favor of the Tax Authority in the collection of IMI on wind farms
Two rulings from the Supreme Administrative Court (STA) consider that the towers are a 'component part' of the wind turbines and should be included 'in the assessment of the industrial urban building (wind farm) for tax purposes'.