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Portugal Hit 70% Renewable Electricity In Q1 2013

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Portugal wind turbines. Image Credit: Shutterstock

Portugal wind turbines.
Image Credit: Shutterstock

Portugal is the newest country to make the list of over 60% renewable electricity. According to this report by the network operator REN, it got 70% in quarter one of this year. The largest part (37%) comes from hydro, which had excellent weather conditions, leading to a 312% increase over last year’s figures. But wind also contributed 27%, with a 60% increase, also primarily due to favorable weather conditions.

As expected, generation from coal was down by 29%, and from gas was down by 44% (please cheer and applaud for Portugal now).

Thanks to this tweet by ekopolitan for the link to this piece of very welcome good news.

 
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