Portugal: Renewable power capacity
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| Portugal |
Renewable power capacity, million kilowatts |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 16.61 |
| Year | 2024 |
| Measure | million kilowatts |
| Data availability | 1980 - 2024 |
| Average | 6.43 |
| Min - Max | 2.52 - 16.61 |
| Source | The U.S. Energy Information Administration |
| Available for | Data download |
The latest value from 2024 is 16.61 million kilowatts, an increase from 14.81 million kilowatts in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 23.00 million kilowatts, based on data from 192 countries. Historically, the average for Portugal from 1980 to 2024 is 6.43 million kilowatts. The minimum value, 2.52 million kilowatts, was reached in 1980 while the maximum of 16.61 million kilowatts was recorded in 2024.
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| Recent values | Portugal: Renewable power capacity |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 16.61 |
| 2023 | 14.81 |
| 2022 | 13.46 |
| 2021 | 12.30 |
| 2020 | 11.44 |
| 2019 | 11.35 |
| 2018 | 10.98 |
| 2017 | 10.77 |
Definition: Total capacity to produce electricity from renewable resources in million kilowatts.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| LPG consumption | 13.38 | 2025 | thousand barrels per day |
| Jet fuel consumption | 40.07 | 2025 | thousand barrels per day |
| Coal reserves | 3.31 | 2023 | million short tons |
| Coal production | 0.00 | 2024 | thousand short tons |
| Coal consumption | 2.38 | 2024 | thousand short tons |
| Coal imports | 2.53 | 2024 | thousand short tons |
| Coal exports | 0.00 | 2024 | thousand short tons |
| Electricity production capacity | 26.60 | 2024 | million kilowatts |
| Electricity production | 45.78 | 2024 | billion kilowatthours |
| Electricity consumption | 51.23 | 2024 | billion kilowatthours |
| Electricity imports | 14.36 | 2024 | billion kilowatthours |
| Electricity exports | 3.89 | 2024 | billion kilowatthours |
| Renewable power capacity | 16.61 | 2024 | million kilowatts |
| Renewable power generation | 39.99 | 2024 | billion kilowatthours |
| Natural gas production | 0.000 | 2024 | quadrillion Btu |
| Natural gas consumption | 0.137 | 2024 | quadrillion Btu |
| Biofuels production | 17.69 | 2024 | thousand barrels per day |
| Biofuels consumption | 7.419 | 2024 | thousand barrels per day |
| Primary energy production | 0.166 | 2024 | quadrillion Btu |
| Primary energy consumption | 0.779 | 2024 | quadrillion Btu |
| Biodiesel production | 5.816 | 2024 | thousand barrels per day |
| Biodiesel consumption | 6.522 | 2024 | thousand barrels per day |