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As a Portuguese, I'm quite proud of this tho I think we can still do better (or at least find a way to not get price gauged).
I was in a week-long vacation in the island of Madeira recently and was shocked by how many solar and wind farms they had, no to mention the energy generated by the sea around it. It was astonishing and at least restored my faith in my countrymen, just a bit.
Portugal CRLLLLL 🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹
Siiiuuuuuuu fodasse caralho. Mas memo assim, those are rookie numbers. We gotta pump essa merda up!!!!
Here in Denmark we get 100% from wind some days, yet we still get gauged on those days.
Portugal and Spain are the best places for solar in Europe. It's why they are expanding so heavily and places like Germany are being forced to restart coal plants, despite investing heavily in renewables. Solar in Portugal and nuclear in Germany/France is the quickest way toward de-carbonizing the European energy grid.
It's something worth being proud of, but you are right, it's just a good start. Hopefully more nations learn from Portugal's example.