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In 2022, in the midst of the energy anxiety that affected many Europeans, Portugal decided to act and installed .9 GW of solar photovoltaics, which boosted its capacity to generate electricity to a total of 2.5 GW. That alone is enough to power 1 million homes. That investment in power-producing capacity is now reaping rewards, after April reports show that 51% of the Iberian country’s electricity now comes from two renewable sources, namely solar and wind. “Wind power and interconnection made it possible for Portugal to phase out coal in 2021; solar is now pushing gas off the grid,” said Matt Ewen, an analyst from Ember, a think tank studying global processes of electric power production. The country also has a plan to launch an auction for the first offshore wind turbine farms by the end of the year. The goal is to have the offshore sector reach a capacity of 10 GW by 2030.