During the month of May, solar production reached 8.2% of total production, which corresponds to the highest value ever recorded in Portugal, according to the Portuguese Association of Renewable Energies (APREN).Portugal trailed Norway (99.6%), Denmark (76.1%) and Austria (73.2%) in terms of the incorporation of renewable energy into electricity generation in Europe, in the first five months of the year. According to the report, until May, Portugal registered a total of 59.4% of renewables used to produce electricity.
The report also reveals that the fourth position also remained, looking only at the data for the month of May, when 56.3% of renewable energies were generated and used for the production of electricity, although the production of this type of energy has decreased by 5.8% compared to April and 4.2% compared to May 2021. This reduction, explains the report, “is mainly…
Record breaking solar energy production
