Cold weather and low storage push Dutch natural gas price up 8%
Prices of Dutch natural gas contracts, which serve as the European benchmark, rose by around 8% on Friday, reaching their highest levels since June. Reuters reports the rise is driven by forecasts of colder weather for the remainder of the month, which have heightened concerns about storage levels...
Iberian blackout prompts slowdown in renewable energy installations
APREN, Portugal’s renewable energy association, reveals that the Iberian Blackout last April prompted a year ‘marked by a decline in renewable energy incorporation, and an increase in natural gas production‘. The post Iberian blackout prompts slowdown in renewable energy installations appeared first on Portugal Resident.
Electricity consumption produced an additional one million tonnes of CO2 in 2025
Electricity consumption reached a new record high in 2025, resulting in greater reliance on natural gas power plants and an increase of one million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2), according to the Zero association. Electricity consumption in Portugal reached 53.1 terawatt-hours (TWh) in 2025, up 3.2% or 1.7 TWh ...
