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Efacec Hauls In a Multi-Year Several-Hundred-Million-Euro French Network Framework on Thursday 28 May — Power Transformers and Fluorinated-Gas-Free Medium-Voltage Equipment Bound for Mainland France and the DOM-TOM Out of Leça do Balio

Efacec Hauls In a Multi-Year Several-Hundred-Million-Euro French Network Framework on Thursday 28 May — Power Transformers and Fluorinated-Gas-Free Medium-Voltage Equipment Bound for Mainland France and the DOM-TOM Out of Leça do Balio

Efacec announced on Thursday 28 May a multi-year framework with the French electricity network worth several hundred million euros — power transformers and fluorinated-gas-free medium-voltage switchgear shipped from Leça do Balio to mainland France and the DOM-TOM under Mutares ownership.
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ERSE Classes the 28 April 2025 Iberian Blackout as an 'Evento Excecional' and Strips Portuguese Consumers of Automatic Compensation From REN and E-Redes — Three-Year Judicial-Damages Window in Lisbon and Madrid Stays Open

ERSE Classes the 28 April 2025 Iberian Blackout as an 'Evento Excecional' and Strips Portuguese Consumers of Automatic Compensation From REN and E-Redes — Three-Year Judicial-Damages Window in Lisbon and Madrid Stays Open

ERSE has formally classed the 28 April 2025 Iberian blackout as an 'evento excecional' originating in Spain — REN and E-Redes are exempted from automatic quality-of-service compensation on consumer bills, but the three-year judicial-damages window remains open in Portuguese and Spanish courts.
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Fundo Ambiental Reopens the €20 Million Veículos de Emissões Nulas Cheque Window Between Late May and Early June — €4,000 to €5,000 Per Light Passenger EV, €1,500 Ceiling for Cargo Bikes, Mopeds and Electric Quadricycles

Fundo Ambiental Reopens the €20 Million Veículos de Emissões Nulas Cheque Window Between Late May and Early June — €4,000 to €5,000 Per Light Passenger EV, €1,500 Ceiling for Cargo Bikes, Mopeds and Electric Quadricycles

The Fundo Ambiental will reopen the EV purchase cheque between late May and early June 2026 with a €20M envelope — €4,000–€5,000 per light passenger car, €1,500 ceiling for cargo bikes, mopeds and quadricycles. December 2025's €8.8M round exhausted in hours.
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Government Publishes a Decree-Law on Friday 22 May That Unsticks the Renewables Grid-Capacity Queue Through 30 June 2027 — Promoters Gain a Sixty-Day Window to Split, Aggregate, Renounce, Exchange or Transfer Títulos de Reserva de Capacidade

Government Publishes a Decree-Law on Friday 22 May That Unsticks the Renewables Grid-Capacity Queue Through 30 June 2027 — Promoters Gain a Sixty-Day Window to Split, Aggregate, Renounce, Exchange or Transfer Títulos de Reserva de Capacidade

Government publishes a temporary decree-law on Friday 22 May 2026 that lets Títulos de Reserva de Capacidade be split, aggregated, renounced, exchanged or transferred through 30 June 2027. Renúncia inside thirty days returns 100% of the auction bond; after that the recovery drops to 80%.
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