Despite Portugal’s reputation as a land drenched in sun, hydroelectricity continues to dominate. Over the first four months of 2024, renewable generation supplied 90% of electricity consumption, with hydro providing 48 per cent, wind 30 per cent, solar PV 7 per cent, and biomass 6 per cent.
Despite only supplying 7 per cent, solar PV is nevertheless growing in Portugal, and has seen peaks above 2,100MW. April was the biggest month for solar PV in Portugal, where it covered 10.5 per cent of the country’s electricity consumption.
Conversely, generation from fossil gas supplied only 9% of consumption in the first four months, an 86 per cent fall since the same period a year ago, the REN statement said.
Renewable energy averages 95 pct share in Portugal in month of April, 90 pct in year to date | RenewEconomy
