Portugal's Directorate General for Energy and Geology (DGEG) has approved six unsubsidised solar projects with a combined capacity of 229 MW and an aggregate investment of €206m ($183m). They are the latest in a series of unsubsidised schemes, which are created without direct public incentives, to be given the green light. The first two were granted by the Portuguese government last year, but this is the third one.
Portugal's Directorate General for Energy and Geology (DGEG) has approved six unsubsidised solar projects with a combined capacity of 229 MW and an aggregate investment of €206m ($183m). They are the latest in a series of unsubsidised schemes, which are created without direct public incentives, to be given the green light. The Portuguese government's 10-year plan to overhaul and improve the national power network is currently under public consultation, and will see all energy projects, including renewables, relying on the spot markets to sell their power, a move the local energy sector has said is "unviable".