Portugal just ran on 100% renewables for six days in a row
www.canarymedia.com
For nearly a week, the country of 10 million met customer needs with wind, hydro and solar — a test run for operating the grid without fossil fuels.
  • GenEcon@lemm.ee
    1·
    7 months ago

    But this is due to the industrialization and the resulting higher energy consumption.

    • sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net
      11·
      7 months ago

      TIL about the Carnation Revolution in 1974, and the dictatorship from 1930 to 1974 that focused on keeping Portugal a largely agrarian economy.

      Absolutely mind blowing.