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The weekend read: Portugal’s enormous PV potential Portugal’s PV tenders have generated headlines on the back of world-record tariffs. But the country has failed to add meaningful capacity and is now struggling to establish a workable licensing system. Merchant solar shows enormous potential to drive the market, but will politicians listen?
Ilias Tsagas
May 28, 2022
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Portugal adds 33 MW of PV for 330 MW cumulative solar capacity Portugal added 33 MW of solar PV capacity in the first six months of 2014. A significant reduction in new mini installations is worrying, though, given the Portuguese PV sector is predominantly rooftop driven.
Ilias Tsagas
Sep 04, 2014
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Winners, projects, prices of Portugal’s record PV auction The Portuguese government has published the final results and a list of all projects selected in the procurement exercise. French IPP Akuo is the developer behind the record bid of €0.0147/kWh, which was for one of three projects it won in the auction. The second- and third-lowest winning bids were €0.01637/kWh and €0.0171/kWh, while the highest was €0.03116/kWh. Overall, the authorities allocated 1.15 GW of solar in the oversubscribed auction, down from initial plans for around 1.4 GW.
Emiliano Bellini
Aug 09, 2019
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Portugal’s first solar energy community yields results The first renewable energy community in Portugal was inaugurated in August 2021 in Miranda do Douro, a rural village in the north. One year on, pv magazine spoke with the company behind the project to assess its status. With a production capacity of 73.3 kWp, solar has saved the community €31,500 ($30,850) on electricity bills.
Beatriz Santos
Oct 07, 2022
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Portugal: Solar industry fears IMF’s decision The Portuguese photovoltaics industry could be at risk, following the final report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the European Central Bank (ECB) and the European Union (EU) on Portugal’s bailout, which recommended a reduction in state support regarding the production of electricity from renewable energy sources.
pv magazine
May 17, 2011
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Portugal adds only 1.1 MW of solar in four months Portugal added only 1.1 MW of solar PV in the first four months of 2013. The Mediterranean country is on track for EU renewables targets, but thanks to wind and hydro.
Ilias Tsagas
Jul 25, 2013
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Portugal’s January-April PV installations hit 118 MW Despite a slow start to the year, BloombergNEF expects Portugal to install another 1,363 MW of solar by the end of 2023. The likelihood of that scenario seems to come down to how quickly projects from the record-breaking 2019-20 solar auctions go online, if they do so at all.
Beatriz Santos
Jun 21, 2023
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Portugal’s net-metering law raises faint hopes Approval of law could propel solar sector into the fast lane, where PV is still playing catch-up to a soaring wind industry.
Ilias Tsagas
Dec 07, 2014
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Portugal processes licenses for 2 GW of solar PV without subsidies 180 MW of solar projects have been authorized under the market system in the south of the nation. Additionally, 68 licenses for solar projects are being processed, which total more than 2 GW of potential.
Blanca Díaz López
Jul 24, 2016
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Spain’s Holaluz to sell power generated at 46 MW solar park in Portugal The solar plant was commissioned last week in Ourique, southern Portugal. The project was developed by UK-based renewable energy company Welink and Chinese engineering services provider China Triumph International Engineering (CTIEC).
Emiliano Bellini
Aug 03, 2018
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