The 'Solidarity Gas Cylinder' has returned
Candidates only need to be beneficiaries of the social electricity tariff.
Latest news and stories about energy subsidy in Portugal for expats and residents.
Candidates only need to be beneficiaries of the social electricity tariff.
The support is intended for the purchase of bottled liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by beneficiaries of the social electricity tariff or of minimum social welfare payments, and amounts to €15 per bottle.

Home News Government maintains subsidy for bottled gas Government maintains subsidy for bottled gas The Government will maintain this year the €15 subsidy for the purchase of bottled gas, extending the “Solidarity Gas Cylinder” program, whose maximum total allocation will be €2.

The Government will launch a new type of support for the purchase of equipment for small-scale photovoltaic generation. Solar panels on balconies are a possibility.

It will operate using vouchers and have features similar to E-Lar, the programme for replacing gas stoves. The new Government support will be aimed at households wishing to install solar panels.

Minister of Environment and Energy Maria da Graça Carvalho announced the launch of a new support scheme for the purchase of photovoltaic panels. The initiative, to be launched 'shortly', is 'support for the acquisition of equipment for small‑scale photovoltaic generation', the minister said in her opening remarks before the deputies, during a regimental hearing that ...
