Record-breaking Portugal generates 70 per cent of power from renewables

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Favourable weather conditions credited with record performance for a European country

Almost three quarters of the electricity consumed in Portugal during the first quarter of the year came from renewable sources, according to new figures from the country's grid operator REN. The company...

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