Portugal energy report

• The NECP targets a reduction by 45 to 55% of GHG emissions and a share of 47% of renewables in final energy consumption in 2030.
• EDP for electricity and Galp Energia for oil and gas dominate their respective markets.
• Chinese companies own 21% of EDP and 25% of REN, the power and gas transmission company.
• The share of renewables in the power mix has remained stable since 2010 (around 55%).
• Gas imports have been growing again between 2018 and 2018, especially for the power sector.
• Electricity prices have been stable since 2014 while gas prices dropped by over 20% since 2014: both are close to the EU average.
• Energy consumption has slightly decreased since 2017.
• Portugal aims to strengthen its electricity and gas interconnections to improve its supply security.
• More than 1 GW worth of new hydropower plants is expected by 2024.

• Institutions & Energy Policy

  The State Secretary for Energy, under the Ministry of Economy, oversees the national energy policy and supervises the energy sector. The Directorate General for Energy and Geology (DGEG) is responsible for designing, promoting, and evaluating energy policies.

  ERSE, Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços Energéticos,is the electricity and gas regulator.

• Energy Companies

  Electricity:

  EDP, Energias de Portugal, the former national electric utility, is held by China Three Gorges (CTG) (23.3% since 2011), OPPIDUM (7.2%), CNIC (4.34%), BlackRock (5%), Mubadala (3.15%), and other shareholders. CTG's plan to acquire the remainder of EDP's shares (€3.26/share offer, valuing the group at €9bn) was rejected by the other shareholders.

• Energy Supply

  Gas:

  Portugal imports all the gas it consumes. Imports decreased by 4.3% in 2019 to 6.1 bcm, of which 92% (5.6 bcm) were from LNG. Imports remained between 4 bcm (2014) and 5 bcm (2016) between 2012 and 2016 until they reached a peak in 2017 at 6.3 bcm.

  In 2019, gas imports came mostly from Nigeria (52%), followed by the US (21%) and Qatar (11%).

• Energy Prices

  Electricity:

  Electricity tariffs have been stable since 2013 and settled at €11.5c/kWh for industrials and €21.7c/kWh for residential consumers in 2020.

  Electricity prices are close to the EU average.

  Graph: ELECTRICITY PRICES FOR INDUSTRY AND HOUSEHOLDS (€c/kWh)

  

• Energy Consumption

  Consumption per capita is 31% lower than the EU average at 2.1 toe, 4 700 kWh of which is electricity (15% below the EU average) (2019).

  Graph: CONSUMPTION TRENDS BY ENERGY SOURCE (Mtoe)

  

• Issues & Prospects

  Electricity:

  REN estimates that power consumption should rise by 0.3%/year between 2016 and 2022. Given this very low growth prospect, several gas power projects have been cancelled.

• GENERAL OVERVIEW
• INSTITUTIONS AND ENERGY POLICY
• ENERGY COMPANIES
• ENERGY SUPPLY
• ENERGY PRICES
• ENERGY CONSUMPTION
• ISSUES AND PROSPECTS
• DATA TABLES
• ABBREVIATIONS
• GLOSSARY

Download the Table of Contents

Below is a list of the Portugal energy market report graphs:

• GRAPH 1: CO₂-energy emissions (MtCO₂)
• GRAPH 2: Installed electric capacity by source (2019, %)
• GRAPH 3: Gross power production by source (TWh)
• GRAPH 4: Power generation by source (2019, %)
• GRAPH 5: Gasoline & diesel prices (€/l)
• GRAPH 6: Electricity prices for industry and households (€c/kWh)
• GRAPH 7: Gas prices for industry and households (€c/kWh GCV)
• GRAPH 8: Consumption trends by energy source (Mtoe)
• GRAPH 9: Total consumption market share by energy (2019, %)
• GRAPH 10: Final consumption market share by sector (2019, %)
• GRAPH 11: Oil consumption (Mt)
• GRAPH 12: Oil consumption breakdown by sector (2019, %)
• GRAPH 13: Electricity consumption (TWh)
• GRAPH 14: Electricity consumption breakdown by sector (2019,%)
• GRAPH 15: Natural gas consumption (bcm)
• GRAPH 16: Gas consumption breakdown by sector (2019, %)
• GRAPH 17: Coal consumption (Mt)
• GRAPH 18: Coal consumption breakdown by sector (2019, %)

In the Portugal energy market report you will find the following tables:

• Economic Indicators: Annual historical data including population, GDP growth, imports and exports, inflation rate, energy security and efficiency indicators, CO₂ emissions.
• Supply Indicators: Historical data including oil and gas reserves, electric and refining capacity, energy production, power production and external trade. All are detailed by energy source.
• Demand Indicators: Historical data including consumption per inhabitant, consumption trends, total consumption by energy source, final consumption by energy source and sector, and electricity consumption by sector.
• Energy Balances: Single table displaying the overall energy industry balance per annum, also graphically displayed by energy sub-segment.
• Infrastructure Projects: Covers power plant projects by energy, technology, status and operator, gas plant projects by status and operator and LNG contracts.

The Portugal energy market data since 1990 and up to 2018 is included in the Excel file accompanying the Portugal country report.
It showcases the historical evolution, allowing users to easily work with the data.

Key Data included in the excelsheet:

• Economic indicators: Annual historical economic indicators, energy security, energy efficiency and CO₂ emissions.
• Supply indicators: Annual historical reserves, capacity, production and external trade (imports(+) exports(-) balance).
• Demand indicators: Annual historical consumption per capita, consumption trends, total consumption, final consumption (per energy and per sector) and electricity consumption total and per sector.
• Energy Balance: total and per energy.
• Portugal Energy Prices: In addition to the analysis provided on the report we also provided a data set which includes historical details on the Portugal energy prices for the follow items: price of premium gasoline (taxes incl.), price of diesel (taxes incl.), price of electricity in industry (taxes incl.), price of electricity for households (taxes incl.), price of natural gas in industry (taxes incl.), prices of natural gas for households (taxes incl.), spot price of Brent and CO₂ emissions (from fuel combustion).