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Portugal has 2 MW of experimental offshore capacity [9] in the floating wind turbine WindFloat near the Aguçadoura Wave Farm in Póvoa de Varzim. It achieved successful testing, and it was transferred to Viana do Castelo in 2016 with planned expansion and renamed Windfloat Atlantic, and the Póvoa de Varzim site will foster a new technology. [18]
Sines power plant (hard coal) started operation in 1985–1989 in Portugal. According to WWF its CO 2 emissions were among the top dirty ones in Portugal in 2007. [3] That coal power plant went offline in January 2021, with the one remaining coal power plant in the country, closing at 7h15 on the 19th of November 2021.
Share of electricity production from wind, 2023 [1] Global map of wind speed at 100 m above surface level [2]. The worldwide total cumulative installed electricity generation capacity from wind power has increased rapidly since the start of the third millennium, and as of the end of 2023, it amounts to over 1000 GW. [3]
EDP was founded as Electricidade de Portugal, E.P. by the Portuguese government though the Decreto-lei n.º 502/76 published on 30 Jun 1976, [4] merging 14 former energy companies that had been nationalised by 1975 in the aftermath of the regime change in 1974, of which the most significant had been the Companhia Portuguesa de Eletricidade (CPE).
Renewable energy in Portugal was the source for 25.7% of total energy consumption in 2013. [1] In 2014, 27% of Portugal's energy needs were supplied by renewable sources. [ 2 ] In 2016, 28% of final energy consumption in Portugal came from renewable sources.
The San Gorgonio Pass wind farm in California, United States. The Gansu Wind Farm in China is the largest wind farm in the world, with a target capacity of 20,000 MW by 2020.
REN - Redes Energéticas Nacionais, SGPS, S.A. (formerly Rede Eléctrica Nacional S.A.) is a Portuguese energy sector company which is the current concession holder of the country's two main energy infrastructure networks: the National Electricity Transmission Grid (RNT) and the National Natural Gas Transportation Grid (RNTGN).
The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) was established in 2005 to provide a credible and representative forum for the entire wind energy sector at an international level. . GWEC’s mission is to ensure that wind power is established as one of the world’s leading energy sources, providing substantial environmental and economic bene