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Wind turbines on green rolling hills under a clouded sky, representing Portugal's electricity market and energy-consumer protection rules

Government Shields Vulnerable Households From Power Cuts and Forces Fixed-Price Contracts From Large Electricity Suppliers — New Decree Mandates Tailored Payment Plans and Carries the Social Tariff Across Supplier Switches

A new decree-law puts the law behind electricity consumers: cut-offs are barred during peak-demand periods and while a billing complaint is open, vulnerable households gain a right to payment plans, large suppliers must offer fixed-price deals, and the social tariff follows them on switching.
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Wind turbines silhouetted against a sunset sky — illustrative of the operational onshore wind capacity Acciona Energía is preparing to divest from its Portuguese portfolio.

Acciona Energía Plots a 166 MW Portuguese Wind-and-Solar Divestment — 120 MW Wind Stack and 46 MW Solar Cluster Go to Advisors as the Spanish Parent Weighs a Delisting or Buyout of Its 91% Renewables Stake

Acciona Energía has handed advisors a 166 MW Portuguese portfolio — 120 MW of operational wind and 46 MW of operational solar — as part of an Iberian asset rotation that runs alongside the Spanish parent's strategic review of its 91% stake in the listed renewables arm.
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Chinese Group Chint Files the Environmental Scoping for the 1,300 MW Cluster Alqueva — São Gião, Tapada Branca and Monte Santos Bundle Solar, Battery Storage and Two Wind Parks Across Portel and Vidigueira in the Baixo Alentejo

Chinese Group Chint Files the Environmental Scoping for the 1,300 MW Cluster Alqueva — São Gião, Tapada Branca and Monte Santos Bundle Solar, Battery Storage and Two Wind Parks Across Portel and Vidigueira in the Baixo Alentejo

The Chinese-owned Chint group has filed the proposta de definição de âmbito (scoping proposal) for the environmental impact assessment of three solar projects and one hybrid solar-plus-wind installation packaged together as the Cluster...
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