A September ruling that the method used to value wind parks for IMI is unconstitutional now hangs over 266 council lawsuits against dam and wind operators, with 33.8 million euros at stake in the North alone.
The first grid-connection auctions since 2021 offer 750 MVA for stand-alone batteries and 300 MVA for wind or solar with on-site storage. Host councils get 30 or 70 percent of what bidders pay, plus 2.5 percent a year for five or ten years.
Galp has ended talks with Spain's Moeve on merging their refining and fuel retail arms, so Sines stays with Galp. The same morning it reported adjusted (RCA) net income of 682 million euros for July to September, up 68 percent; IFRS net income was 201 million.
APA has issued an unfavourable environmental impact statement on a 15.9 MW solar plant planned beside the Penedo Ruivo wind farm in Baião and Amarante, citing wolves, Natura 2000 habitat and municipal planning bans, and says a redesign on the same site would not solve the problems.
Repairs to the POL NATO fuel depot in Almada, which holds part of Portugal's strategic petroleum reserves, will cost up to 5.96 million euros and finish by the end of 2026, after an inspection of its underground pipelines found extra work was needed.
A new ordinance in force since 23 October sorts grid batteries into four tiers and sets what each must do, from frequency response at 500 kW to grid forming for the largest. Home-sized systems sit in the lowest tier, which is spared most duties.
Bacalhau, the Santos Basin oil field in which Galp holds 20 percent, produced 25 million barrels in its first year. Equinor expects the full 220,000 barrels a day within 2026, and Galp reports third-quarter results on 26 October.
