ENA – Agência de Energia e Ambiente da Arrábida

ENA – Agência de Energia e Ambiente da Arrábida is a non-profit association based in Setúbal. It was created in 2006 by the municipalities of Setúbal, Palmela and Sesimbra under the Intelligent Energy Europe programme. Its associates are public and private bodies and citizens involved in the development of those three municipalities. The agency works on five fronts. In planning, it supports local authorities with electric mobility plans, local climate adaptation plans and sustainable energy action plans under the Covenant of Mayors. In circular economy, it runs a collection route for used cooking oil, which is recycled into biodiesel. Capacity building is another strand. ENA helps cities draw up roadmaps to climate neutrality and offers decision-support tools for energy efficiency in public buildings. One of these is the Observatório Energético platform, which backs municipal energy planning. In July 2026 the agency trained municipal technicians and staff of other energy agencies on it in Portalegre. Awareness-raising goes through teaching tools such as the Maletas da Sustentabilidade (sustainability kits), designed to involve communities in changing everyday behaviour. On the technical side, ENA supports energy management, the design of energy-efficient infrastructure, audits and the roll-out of energy management systems. Current work includes Plan4COLD, a participatory process to co-create local plans for sustainable heating and cooling in the Arrábida territory, due by 2027. ENA also supports the creation of a Renewable Energy Community in Sines, with the ZILS industrial park. Other projects cover efficient irrigation (Regadio Eficiente), the Ponto de Transição and Sisma Plus initiatives, and circular economy with wineries and agro-industries.