Energy in Portugal

Energy in Portugal describes energy and electricity production, consumption and import in Portugal. Energy policy of Portugal will describe the politics of Portugal related to energy more in detail. Electricity sector in Portugal is the main article of electricity in Portugal.

Overview
Energy in Portugal[1]
Capita Prim. energy Production Import Electricity CO2-emission
Million TWh TWh TWh TWh Mt
200410.523094526547.560.3
200710.612925425451.655.2
200810.622815224951.252.4
200910.632805724051.253.1
201210.652686222251.248.1
2012R10.582495321249.845.9
201310.462536720049.044.9
Change 2004-091.0%-9.2%25.4%-9.3%7.7%-11.9%
Mtoe = 11.63 TWh . Prim. energy includes energy losses

2012R = CO2 calculation criteria changed, numbers updated

Coal

Sines power plant (hard coal) started operation in 1985-1989 in Portugal. According to WWF its CO
2 emissions were among the top dirty ones in Portugal in 2007.[2]

Natural gas

Maghreb–Europe Gas Pipeline (MEG) is a natural gas pipeline, from Algeria through Morocco to Andalusia, Spain,

Renewable energy
Main article: Renewable energy in Portugal

EU directive has a binding 31% target of renewables up from 20.5% in 2005. According to the Portuguese National Renewable Energy Action Plan by 2020 electricity will be produced: wind power 23% 14.6 TWh, of which 99% onshore, hydro power 22% 14.1 TWh, biomass 5% 3.52 TWh and photovoltaic solar power 2% 1.5 TWh and concentrated solar power 2% 1 TWh.[3]

Solar

Portugal has supported and increased the solar electricity (Photovoltaic power) and solar thermal energy (solar heating) during 2006-2010. Portugal was 9th in solar heating in the EU and 8th in solar power based on total volume in 2010.

Nuclear power
Main article: Nuclear energy in Portugal

There were no nuclear power plants in Portugal as of 2017.

Electricity in Portugal
A Portuguese street lamp
Main article: Electricity sector in Portugal

Electricity use (gross production + imports – exports – losses) was 48.5 TWh in 2016.[4] Portugal imported 9 TWh electricity in 2008. Population was 10.6 million.[5] In 2017 electricity was generated by 13% hydropower, 20% windpower, 65% thermal power and 2% others (geothermal power and photovoltaic).[6]

Transport

The sustainable strategy has been a shift from individual to collective transport within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (Metro Lisbon (ML), collective buses, Companhia Carris de ferro de Lisboa).

Global warming
CO2 emissions in 2009 (million tonnes)[7][8]
CO
2		 People (million)
Chile6616.8
Belarus619.7
Syria5721.2
Turkmenistan575.0
Portugal5710.6
Bangladesh55160.0
Libya556.3
Serbia527.4
Finland525.3

According to Energy Information Administration the {{CO2}} emissions from energy consumption of Portugal were in 2009 56.5 Mt, slightly over Bangladesh with 160 million people and Finland with 5.3 million people.[9] The emissions per capita were (tonnes): Portugal 5.58, India 1.38, China 5.83, Europe 7.14, Russia 11.23, North America 14.19, Singapore 34.59 and United Arab Emirates 40.31.[10]

See also

References
  1. IEA Key World Energy Statistics Statistics 2015, 2014 (2012R as in November 2015 + 2012 as in March 2014 is comparable to previous years statistical calculation criteria, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 Archived 2013-10-07 at the Wayback Machine, 2006 Archived 2009-10-12 at the Wayback Machine IEA October, crude oil p.11, coal p. 13 gas p. 15
  2. Dirty Thirty WWF 2007
  3. EU Energy Policy to 2050 Achieving 80-95% emissions reductions, EWEA March 2011
  4. International Energy Agency. IEA - Key world energy statistics 2016 (PDF).
  5. IEA Key energy statistics 2010 Page: 27, 54
  6. "PORDATA - Gross production of electricity: total and by type of electricity generation". www.pordata.pt. Archived from the original on 2019-09-11. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  7. "CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion" (XLS). Iea.org. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  8. "IEA Key World Energy Statistics" (PDF). Iea.org. Retrieved 2016-11-06. 2011, October, population in the end tables
  9. "World carbon dioxide emissions data by country: China speeds ahead of the rest". The Guardian. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  10. "World carbon dioxide emissions country data co2". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
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