News

2023-07-20
Employment in renewables is booming with solar shining. What about "fossils"?
In the solar industry alone, after a 30% growth in the number of workers in the EU, a further 3.5 million jobs are expected to be created by 2030.
2023-07-20
Renewable energy could reach 70% in Porto Santo
Secretary of State for Planning visited the Serra de Água Hydroelectric Power Plant, which is being remodeled.
2023-07-19
Electricity demand falls to 20-year-old levels in the European Union
IEA estimates that demand for electricity in the EU will fall by 3%, after a fall in 2022, and that in 2024 the production of "green" electricity will for the first time surpass that generated with fossil fuels.
2023-07-19
European Parliament's Energy Committee endorses the proposal to reform the electricity market
The goal of the proposal is to make energy more affordable and use more renewables.
2023-07-19
Renewables on track to overtake coal as the world's largest source of energy by 2024
The target was brought forward with the closure of plants in the US and the EU and the record year (2023) for the installation of renewables, after the invasion of Ukraine, but it will depend on weather conditions.
2023-07-19
Electricity bill can drop 15% thanks to Portuguese project
The TradeRES project develops new approaches and models to the electricity market, based on an almost 100% renewable system.
2023-07-18
ERSE approves new regulations of the Electricity Sector
The new regulations are adapted to the new paradigm of the sector based on a model that is intended to be increasingly decentralized, allowing to frame local production, self-consumption solutions, the active management of smart grids and ensure the...
2023-07-18
Sines will "continue to work" on offshore wind installation project
CIMAL, which integrates the municipalities of Alcácer do Sal, Grândola, Santiago do Cacém and Sines, in the district of Setúbal, and Odemira (Beja), gave a negative opinion in relation to the areas proposed for the Alentejo coast.
2023-07-18
New subsidies for solar panels and window replacement launched this Tuesday
The programme to support energy efficiency in residential buildings mobilises 30 million euros for applications to be submitted by 31 October.
2023-07-18
Solar energy: only 10% of the capacity awarded in the 2019 auction is already operational
Promoters have until early 2025 to have all the plants operational.