Renewable energy in Portugal

[4] In 2018, Portugal committed to close all of the country's coal producing facilities by 2030, making it almost completely reliant on renewable energy in the coming years.

By promoting energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy (endogenous) sources, the programme sought to upgrade the competitiveness of the Portuguese economy and to modernize the country's social fabric, while preserving the environment by reducing gas emissions, especially the carbon dioxide.

[8] In May 2016, all of Portugal's electricity was produced renewably for a period of over four days, a landmark achievement for a modern European country.

[11][12][13][14][15] On July 14, 2020, EDP announced it would be closing the country's largest coal-fired power station, in Sines, by January 2021.

[16][17] In effect, Sines's power plant was closed on 15 January 2021, nearly ten years earlier than initially forecasted.

[18][19][20] As of 2020, hydroelectricity accounted for 28% of the total amount of electricity produced in Portugal from renewable sources.

Small scale use of this energy source began in the 1980s in Chaves and S. Pedro do Sul, Continental Portugal providing 3 MWt.

[29][30] In the 2010s, a local company, Wave Roller installed many devices along the coast to make use of the water power.