In December 2021, 73% of electricity production came from renewable sources, this being the third highest value of the year, surpassed only by the months of February (88,6%) and March (78,4%), announced the ADENE – Energy Agency.
Wind energy represented 42,7% of the total electricity produced, the highest value recorded in 2021. Hydro energy represented 21,5%, biomass 6,5% and solar photovoltaic 2,3% (the second lowest value of the year).
The production of electricity from non-renewable sources represented 27% of the total electricity produced: 26,5% via natural gas thermal power plants
and 0,5% for the remaining non-renewable thermal.
The month of December was also characterized by the inexistence of electricity production from coal, due to the closure, at the end of November, of the last coal-fired power plant.
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