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PORTUGAL AN ECOLOGICAL COUNTRY

&amp;NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">PORTUGAL AN ECOLOGICAL COUNTRY<&sol;h2>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Portugal is banking on ecological innovations such as solar power and floating wind turbines to reduce its dependence on imported fossil fuels&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Of all the European Union&amp;comma; Portugal is the country that reduced its CO2 emissions the most in 2018&amp;comma; with a drop of&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;9&amp;percnt;&amp;comma; compared&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;2&amp;comma;5&amp;percnt; on average in the rest of Europe&amp;period; This makes Portugal an ecological&amp;period; country;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>This reduction is largely attributable to the boom in green energies in Portugal. <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ec&period;europa&period;eu&sol;eurostat&sol;web&sol;products-datasets&sol;-&sol;nrg&lowbar;ind&lowbar;335a"><span style&equals;"text-decoration&colon; underline&semi;">Eurostat<&sol;span><&sol;a>&amp;comma;&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;<strong>54&amp;percnt; of the electricity generated in Portugal in&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;2016 came from renewable sources<&sol;strong>which makes it the third best performer in Europe, behind Austria and Sweden;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>For six&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;days in March&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;2018&amp;comma; portugal even covered all its energy needs thanks to renewable energies&amp;period; Their development&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;should also eventually enable Portugal to free itself from its dependence on fossil fuel imports&amp;period; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>On the other hand, electricity prices for households and industry are among the highest in the Union;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Portugal has also embarked on the development of innovative technologies&amp;period; In Alto Rabagão&amp;comma; in the north&amp;comma; EDP is testing a floating solar power plant&amp;period; 840 photovoltaic panels have been installed on a platform drifting on the artificial lake formed by one of the country's many hydraulic dams&amp;period; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>All this is still experimental, but it has a number of advantages: if the tests are successful, it could help to develop solar energy, which currently accounts for only 2&amp;percnt; of the energy mix&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;05&sol;portugal-un-pays-écologique&period;jpg" class&equals;"wp-image-5373"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">The largest floating wind power plant<&sol;h3>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Off the coast of Viana do Castelo&amp;comma; on the border with Spain&amp;comma; another floating wind project&amp;comma; this one&amp;comma; is due to go into operation in&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;2019&amp;period; After more than five years of successful experiments&amp;period;&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;<em>"The floating wind turbines have withstood extreme weather conditions&amp;comma; including waves of over 15&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;meters&amp;comma;<&sol;em>says José Medeiros Pinto, General Secretary of Apren, the Portuguese renewable energy association;<em>These tests have led to the development of the 25 MW Windfloat Atlantic project&amp;comma; which will be the largest floating wind farm in existence&amp;period;"<&sol;em>&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Choosing to develop floating offshore wind turbines is above all a way for Portugal to solve the problem posed until now by the great depth of its continental shelf&amp;which prevents the installation of conventional offshore wind turbines&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Portugal is truly an ecological&amp;period country;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;

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