Government: Energy policy news in Portugal

Pedro Sampaio Nunes: “Portugal needs four nuclear power plants”

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IMF opposes windfall taxes on energy profits

Graça Carvalho: commitment to electrification must continue

Lowering or maintaining electricity prices is one of the top priorities for the Minister of Environment and Energy, who urges great caution regarding all investments made in power grids.

Rewilding Portugal maintains opposition to Sophia solar plant over biodiversity risks

The Rewilding Portugal association has announced that it maintains its unfavourable opinion regarding the reformulation of the Sophia photovoltaic solar plant, citing persistent risks to biodiversity, ecological connectivity, and landscape integrity, despite the project's reduction in scale. The organisation argues that the infrastructure, which covers parts of Fundão, Idanha-a-Nova, and Penamacor, still poses significant ecological threats, particularly to the Iberian wolf and Iberian lynx, as well as risks to avifauna and native vegetation. They urge authorities to prioritise functional connectivity between border ecosystems over the project in its current configuration.

The power plant that lit up the country and is living on borrowed time

In April 2025, it was a power plant in Gondomar that restored electricity to Portugal. Since 2022, a tender to secure its future has been promised but never held. The next deadline is December 31st.

Portugal supports joint gas purchasing and strengthening of European refining

The Portuguese government backs collective procurement of natural gas and measures to increase European refining capacity.

TVI16 Oct

Government says joint energy purchases "are not the solution" to crisis

Head of Government explained that Portugal does not buy “products coming from that Middle Eastern geography.”

Energy transition in Europe could save 34,000 lives

Lower energy expenditure, new jobs, better health, and avoided global climate damage. A recent European study sheds light on the various benefits of climate action in Europe and Portugal.

‘This deal doesn’t help’: Europe slams Trump’s plan to buy Russian diesel

“Pressure, pressure, pressure on Russia” is the only way to end the war, Lithuania's foreign minister said.

António Costa welcomes G7 decision to release 100 million barrels of diesel

This Friday afternoon, EU member state ambassadors also met in Brussels to discuss the energy situation, with a focus on diesel.

Spain, Portugal and Luxembourg push for 2040 EU renewable energy target

Yahoo29 Sept

Portugal wants Brussels to consider each country's specificities in future energy measures

Maria da Graça Carvalho was in Brussels to draw attention to Portugal's situation regarding energy.

It was a strategic error to abandon nuclear energy

Pedro Sampaio Nunes, an energy expert, analyses the impact of the energy crisis in Portugal.

Portugal pressures Brussels to act on the fuel crisis and rejects mandatory savings targets

Minister of Energy warns of the risks of an unequal response between European countries

Energy Minister calls for a "more involved" European Union in the fuel crisis

“We hope that Europe will be more involved in this crisis, as it was in the 2022 crisis, during the invasion of Ukraine,” said Maria da Graça Carvalho.

Portugal invests 60 million euros to increase oil storage

The Portuguese government is allocating 60 million euros to expand the country's strategic oil reserves and storage capacity.

Part of fuel reserves are in France due to lack of capacity in Portugal

A portion of Portugal's fuel reserves is being stored in France because of insufficient storage capacity within the country.

dnoticias.pt24 Sept

Minister of Economy asks Portuguese people to avoid consuming fuel whenever possible

The Minister of Economy insists that the Portuguese should avoid fuel consumption whenever possible. A request for savings during a period in which there is increasing scarcity of refined products in the fuel supply market.

Climate crisis is a security issue, says British Foreign Secretary

British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband argued today that the global climate crisis is a security issue that should be addressed by generals and prime ministers, not just environmental activists.

4 PM Fuels: Minister of Environment calls for savings

The Minister of Environment urges the public to save fuel amid current market conditions.

Brussels admits several EU countries are calling for European taxation on oil companies' windfall profits

The European Commission acknowledged on Friday, September 18, that several EU member states, including Portugal, are advocating for a European-level tax on the windfall profits of oil companies, while maintaining that countries can already implement such taxes individually. European Commissioner for the Economy, Valdis Dombrovskis, stated in Dublin that the Commission is available to support member states in this process. Meanwhile, Portuguese Finance Minister Joaquim Miranda Sarmento suggested that the Commission could use the Portuguese national methodology as a basis for a potential European solution. Ireland, currently holding the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU, indicated it may ask the Commission to revisit the issue at the formal Ecofin meeting in October.

11am Climate, security, energy and trade are the European Commission's priorities for the coming year

The European Commission has outlined its main policy priorities for the upcoming year, focusing on climate action, security, energy, and trade.

Forced electrification and the gap no one wants to discuss

You do not need a conspiracy theory to question the prudence of swapping one energy dependency for another, without a serious public debate about the risk.

Galamba attacks PS for wanting to increase tax on renewables

Tax increases on solar and wind power, subsidies for fossil fuels, and silence on electrification. The PS proposals that led the former minister to attack the party and José Luís Carneiro.

Portugal to resume Russian gas imports in 2025

Portugal plans to restart the importation of natural gas from Russia starting in 2025.

SAPO12 Sept

Electro-intensive industries prioritised over data centres for grid connection

Electro-intensive industries, which require large amounts of electricity for their operations, have priority over data centres for connection to the power grid, according to rules defined by the Government. The minister indicated that the electro-intensive sector takes priority and moves ahead of data centres for grid connection.