AdEPorto – Agência de Energia do Porto
AdEPorto is the regional energy agency for the Porto metropolitan area, coordinating European-funded projects and local initiatives on renew…
Energy Efficiency
Cleanwatts works on local energy grids, Green Heritage on low-energy homes and Coopérnico on shared renewable power. Together they show how efficiency starts with using less energy and managing it better.
Projects in this focus
AREAM – Agência Regional da Energia e Ambiente da Região Autónoma da Madeira
AREAM is the regional energy and environment agency of Madeira, a non-profit association of public utility dedicated to promoting sustainabl…
PRIO Biocombustíveis
PRIO Biocombustíveis operates a state-of-the-art biodiesel production facility at the Port of Aveiro with an annual capacity of 113,880 tonn…
100 Aldeias
100 Aldeias is Cleanwatts' programme to bring renewable energy communities to villages across Portugal. It started in Miranda do Douro in 20…
Malogica Solar
Malogica Solar is a Portuguese company based in Gandra offering end-to-end solar PV and energy storage solutions, from consultation to insta…
Coopérnico
Coopérnico is Portugal's first renewable energy cooperative, supplying green electricity, financing renewable energy projects through collec…
Comunidade CER
Comunidade CER is a Portuguese platform that connects citizens, businesses and energy companies to form Renewable Energy Communities, enabli…
Cleanwatts
Cleanwatts is a Portuguese climate technology company that develops, finances, and operates solar-powered Energy Communities, enabling local…
Energy efficiency in Portugal
Portuguese houses are famously cold in winter, and the reason is not the climate: it is a building stock designed for a mild coast, built without insulation, and heated late and briefly. Energy poverty here is a measurable public health issue, not a metaphor.
Green Heritage supplies modular low-energy homes from Idanha-a-Nova. Cleanwatts and Comunidade CER work on the demand side of energy communities, Coopérnico supplies renewable electricity to members, and AREAM runs regional energy programmes across Madeira. The Hide keeps a co-living site running on a small demand in a valley near Oleiros.
Insulation, shutters and a fixed door draught cost less than any generation project and pay back every winter. Related focuses: renovation and retrofitting, passive solar design and solar power. Dated activities from these projects are listed in our events calendar.