54% of Portugal’s electricity is now generated by renewable energy::Since my last article regarding the successful harnessing of tidal power to generate electricity, I have been researching what progress Portugal has made…

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    1 year ago

    As a Portuguese, I’m quite proud of this tho I think we can still do better (or at least find a way to not get price gauged).

    I was in a week-long vacation in the island of Madeira recently and was shocked by how many solar and wind farms they had, no to mention the energy generated by the sea around it. It was astonishing and at least restored my faith in my countrymen, just a bit.

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    1 year ago

    So good to see countries taking the out when it’s there. That data was from 2019, how has it changed?

    Question, the US has incredible amounts of shoreline, what is (other than oil and coal lobby) stopping it from doing wave and wind farms at sea?