Welcome to IEA Wind Member Country Activities for Portugal

In 2010 electric energy consumption grew 4.7% in Portugal reaching 52.2 TWh, the highest annual value recorded (1). The wind sector continued to grow although at half the rate of 2009. Presently Portugal accounts for an installed capacity of 3,987 MW, which accounted for 17% of the country’s electric demand. The renewable energy generating capacity arose to 9,490 MW (2) and is now 53% of the total installed capacity in Portugal. During 2010, the Portuguese government approved the PNAER - Plano Nacional de Acção para as Energias Renováve is setting the pace for continued growth of the wind energy sector, aiming for an installed capacity of 6,800 MW onshore and 75 MW offshore.