Energy in Portugal describes World energy resources and consumption, energy and Electricity generation, electricity production, consumption and import in Portugal. Energy policy of Portugal will describe the politics of Portugal related to energy more in detail. Electricity sector in Portugal is the main article of electricity in Portugal.

Overview

Coal

Sines Municipality, Sines power plant (hard coal) started operation in 1985–1989 in Portugal. According to WWF its emissions were among the top dirty ones in Portugal in 2007. That coal power plant went offline in January 2021, leaving only one remaining coal power plant in the country, which closed at 7h15 on the 19th of November 2021.

Natural gas

Maghreb–Europe Gas Pipeline (MEG) is a natural gas pipeline, from Algeria through Morocco to Andalusia, Spain.

Renewable energy

Solar

Portugal has supported and increased the solar electricity (Photovoltaic power) and solar thermal energy (solar heating) during 2006–2010. Portugal was 9th in Solar power in the European Union, solar heating in the EU and 8th in solar power based on total volume in 2010.

Water

Portugal has also been using water power to generate power for the country. In the 2010s, a local company, Wave Roller installed many devices along the coast to make use of the water power.

Nuclear power

Electricity in Portugal

Transport

The sustainable strategy has been a shift from individual to collective transport within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (Lisbon Metro, Metro Lisbon (ML), collective buses, Carris, Companhia Carris de ferro de Lisboa).

Global warming

According to Energy Information Administration the CO₂ emissions from energy consumption of Portugal were in 2009 56.5 Mt, slightly over Energy in Bangladesh, Bangladesh with 160 million people and Energy in Finland, Finland with 5.3 million people. The emissions per capita were (tonnes): Portugal 5.58, Energy in India, India 1.38, Energy in China, China 5.83, Energy in Europe, Europe 7.14, Energy in Russia, Russia 11.23, Energy in the North America, North America 14.19, Energy in Singapore, Singapore 34.59 and Energy in the United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates 40.31.

References

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