Portugal has 469 power plants in this atlas, with 14,745 MW of reported capacity. The largest listed plant is Sines power station (1,296 MW, coal; current status unverified). By number of records the most common technologies are wind, hydro and solar. Grid operators listed here include REN. Electricity is regulated by ERSE. Renewables supplied 85.2% of its electricity in 2024.
Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.
REN reports that renewable generation met 71% of electricity consumption in its national system in 2024. Hydro and wind made similar contributions, with favourable rainfall and wind conditions that year. This is a share of consumption supplied by domestic renewables, not the same denominator as a renewable share of domestic generation.
REN's transmission network covers mainland Portugal and its interconnections with Spain. An atlas record in Madeira or the Azores should therefore not be interpreted as part of REN's mainland transmission network. For island installations, check the reported operator and local source before assuming REN is responsible.
Part of the synchronous grid of Continental Europe, the largest interconnected grid in the world by customers, coordinated by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity.
What does “Liberalised market” mean?
Generators sell into a wholesale market, an independent operator runs the transmission grid, and households can choose their electricity supplier. Networks stay regulated monopolies because building parallel power lines makes no sense.
References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.
On the Atlantic edge of the Iberian Peninsula, Portugal connects a mountainous north with the broad plains of the Alentejo. The Azores and Madeira extend its geography into the Atlantic. Explore how hydroelectric stations follow river valleys while wind and solar sites occupy very different landscapes.
Capital
Lisbon
Languages
Portuguese
Major cities
Lisbon, Porto, Coimbra
Geographic reference: European Union country profile. Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.
The source inventory contains 469 records for Portugal. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.
Inventory coverage
469 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.
Browse 469 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.
