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Portugal ends mandatory environmental assessments for green hydrogen projects
Portugal wants to speed up investments in green hydrogen projects, which are essential to decarbonize the economy, and will end mandatory environmental assessments for them in March 2023, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said.
read more... 09/12/2022
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France, Spain and Portugal agree to build Barcelona-Marseille gas pipeline
Spain, Portugal and France said on Thursday they will build a sea-based pipeline to carry hydrogen and gas between Barcelona and Marseille, substituting plans to extend the so-called MidCat pipeline across the Pyrenees that France opposed.
read more... 21/10/2022
Portugal pledges 3 bln euros to lower power prices for companies
Portugal will inject 3 billion euros ($2.91 billion) to curb energy prices paid by companies next year via a combination of state spending and regulatory measures, the government said on Wednesday.
read more... 13/10/2022
Portugal ups debut offshore wind auction target to 10 GW
Portugal has raised the target for its debut offshore wind power auction to 10 gigawatts (GW), Environment Minister Duarte Cordeiro said on Wednesday, aiming to "move faster" on the country's energy transition.
read more... 22/09/2022
Portugal rules out energy windfall tax, cites other mechanisms aiding customers
Portugal is already transferring hundreds of millions of euros of excess profits made by electricity and gas companies from spiralling energy prices to consumers and sees no immediate need for a windfall tax, its finance minister said on Wednesday.
read more... 16/09/2022