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As others said you'll find more wind and hydro power in the north. As far as solar power is concerned, there's not so much in Portugal, because it was expensive
by joaoaccarvalho 10y ago
As others said you'll find more wind and hydro power in the north.
As far as solar power is concerned, there's not so much in Portugal, because it was expensive until some couple of years. Nowadays we have a remuneration scheme that allows you to consume directly from your solar panel, thus not increasing the accumulated tariff debt (it is currently at ~5billion€. Spain is worse at ~27billion€. They invested in solar power too early)
- ocschwar 10y agoA pity. Portuguese solar can take a big bite out of French peak demand. The sun sets on Marseilles, and everyone's coming home for dinner, but there's still some sun in PT.
- bubuga 10y agoIIRC, France has been very adamant in refusing to get its energy from spain and portugal due to political reasons. This became patently obvious in the EU's energy union negotiations, and in the way France insisted in forcing the so called Pyrenees power bottleneck (the only limitation to Spain and Portugal's ability to supply electrical energy to France) http://www.reuters.com/article/france-spain-electricity-idUSL6N0VG3V020150213 http://www.reuters.com/article/france-spain-electricity-idUS...
- ocschwar 10y agoInsane. The French prefer depending on Nigerois uranium instead of Portuguese solar? Unreal. Learn a new thing every day.. Thanks