Business news, startups, investments, and corporate developments in Portugal.
REN's August data shows renewables at 52 percent of consumption, non-renewables at 12 percent and imports at 36 percent, with cross-border flow from Spain setting a record above 5,200 MW. Wind and solar both ran below their historical productivity.
Portugal's securities regulator says fraudsters are using fabricated videos and news items carrying the faces of public figures and the logos of real institutions. Its own contacts come only from the cmvm.pt domain, and never through WhatsApp.
Nobody found a contaminated shipment. Brazil simply failed to make the EU list of countries that have proved compliance with the 2019 antimicrobial rules, and the deadline is 3 September. Poultry and honey have written assurances; beef does not.
The Título Digital de Exploração Industrial for the Alba project is handed over at the Sines complex on Wednesday morning. The two units make polypropylene and linear low-density polyethylene, and Repsol's own project page still promises a start-up in the fourth quarter of 2025.
Maria da Graça Carvalho told journalists in Brussels that the European Commission accepted the State's 13.7 percent return to REN on security and sovereignty grounds. The purchase still needs the Court of Auditors and an ERSE opinion.
The Portuguese group has bought Flowcopter of Edinburgh, whose hydraulic transmission lets the new AR6 carry 200 kilograms over 500 kilometres. It is Tekever's second acquisition in two months, and it sits inside a 400 million pound British investment programme.
August alone accounted for about 71 million euros reaching more than 35,700 beneficiaries. Vineyard restructuring took 13.3 million, Storm Kristin damage 7.8 million and the Mar 2030 fisheries programme 7 million.
