Electricity and Gas

Renewable energy sources accounted for 75.6% of the electricity produced in mainland Portugal in the first six months of the year. This is according to the June 2026 Renewable Electricity [...]

The project, developed with Salt River Project, has 200 MW of power and the capacity to supply the equivalent of 44,500 homes. It is the largest battery storage system ever developed by the EDP [...]

Portugal is joining France and Spain to fast-track its energy transformation away from oil and gas dependence. Portugal already generally has 50% of its energy needs met by renewables, (eolic, [...]

A reduced dependency on gas and a growing reliance on renewable sources of energy means that both Portugal and Spain are in a better position to withstand the fluctuating energy prices resulting [...]

An internal reconnection of electricity lines to the national grid by Spanish network company REE likely caused the ‘zero point’ high voltage problems that left Portugal and Spain powerless on [...]

The rumour mill went into overdrive on Monday after Portugal was thrown into chaos yesterday morning, the blame appointed to everything from a Russian-backed cyber attack, a rare atmospheric [...]

Portugal’s private national grid company REN – Redes Energéticas Nacionais, has acquired the Chilean electricity transmission company Transmisora de Energía Nacimiento (TENSA) for US$71.4 [...]

Swiss renewables giant MET, which has six solar parks and two wind farms in Europe, has now begun operations in Portugal. The MET Group operates in the natural gas, electricity and renewable [...]

The top brass at Portuguese renewables company Greenvolt have called bondholders who bought bonds in two issues (2022-2027 and 2021-2028) to two meetings of its general assembly on May 14 to [...]

REN – Redes Energéticas Nacionais, Portugal’s national electricity grid company, is to issue green bonds worth €300 million with an eight year maturity aimed at institutional investors [...]