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The Mobility and Transport Fund Launches Its First Calls, Worth Nearly €2 Million

Portugal's Mobility and Transport Fund has opened its first funding calls — about €2 million for urban logistics, taxi-fleet decarbonisation and school mobility — the opening tranche of a €14.8 million scheme run by the IMT under the Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing.

The Portugal Brief 03 Aug 2026

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The Valpaços Fire Is Brought Under Control After Charring 16,000 Hectares, but a Blistering Heatwave Keeps Portugal's Interior on Edge

Firefighters have brought the summer's biggest blaze under control after it burned more than 16,000 hectares across 14 municipalities around Valpaços, damaging around 20 homes. But a relentless heatwave keeps interior and southern Portugal under a state of alert as the peak fire month begins.

The Portugal Brief 02 Aug 2026

Rows of ground-mounted photovoltaic solar panels in a green field under a clear blue sky at a solar plant in Portugal

The Port of Aveiro Breaks Ground on a Solar Array to Power Four-Fifths of Its Own Electricity

The Port of Aveiro Authority has signed a €972,748 contract to build photovoltaic panels for self-consumption, expected to generate about 656,553 kWh a year and cover more than 80% of the port's own electricity, part of its Energy Transition Strategy.

The Portugal Brief 02 Aug 2026

Rows of blue photovoltaic solar panels on a green hillside at a solar power plant in Portugal

Bondalti Completes a €76 Million Clean-Energy Overhaul of Its Estarreja Chemical Plant

Bondalti, Portugal's largest chemicals group, has finished its 76-million-euro REPower project at the Estarreja Chemical Complex — solar parks, a pioneering industrial battery and electric steam boilers that together cut about 36,000 tonnes of CO2 a year. A third came from the PRR.

The Portugal Brief 31 Jul 2026

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The University of Leiria Builds an AI-and-Drone Sentinel to Catch Wildfires at the First Spark

Researchers at the University of Leiria and the West have unveiled DBoidS, an FCT-funded system pairing self-charging drones with AI and a 'digital twin' to watch high-risk forest around the clock and flag ignitions early. It is being tested with the GNR.

The Portugal Brief 31 Jul 2026

A technician in safety goggles uses a soldering iron and microscope to repair a green electronic circuit board at a workbench

Portugal Misses the EU Deadline to Enshrine the Right to Repair, and Green Groups Sound the Alarm

The 31 July deadline to write the EU's right-to-repair rules into Portuguese law has passed with the transposition still undone. Quercus, Zero and Circular Economy Portugal warn consumers are left without new tools to fix appliances and phones rather than replace them.

The Portugal Brief 31 Jul 2026

A plantation of tall eucalyptus trees beside open farmland and umbrella pines in rural Portugal

A Forestry Movement Accuses the Government of Bankrolling Eucalyptus as Wildfires Sweep Europe

As fires burned across Portugal and southern Europe, the Movimento Floresta do Futuro accused the government of still bankrolling flammable eucalyptus over native woodland, demanding incentives be redirected to fire-resistant species and rural communities.

The Portugal Brief 30 Jul 2026

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