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Renewables supply 71% of Portugal’s electricity in 2024, led by solar (www.pv-magazine.com)

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[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Weird definition of "led by solar"

Hydroelectric and wind power each contributed 28% and 27% of electricity generation, respectively, with PV providing 10% and biomass 6%. REN noted that solar production grew 37% year on year, driven by rapid capacity expansion.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 7 months ago

Solar has only started growing very recently as the government has focused on large projects and made sure home generation for feed-in is nonviable.

This choice has, "of course", no relation to how massive projects means lots of money greasing palms whilst home generation does not.