Mainland Portugal reached 80.7% renewable electricity in January, placing it second in Europe that month. That share is well above recent EU monthly averages (roughly 40–45%) and higher than typical values in large countries—Germany often ranges 40–50% in windy months, France about 20–30% because of its nuclear fleet, the UK around 30–40% and the US near 20–30%—so Portugal was roughly 35 percentage points above the EU average in that month.