In 2017, the incorporation of RES in gross final energy consumption stood at 28.1%, 0.3 percentage points (pp) below the value recorded in the previous year. Despite the slight decrease, this value surpasses the indicative trajectory foreseen for 2017 (27.3%) and means that Portugal has already reached 90.6% of its target for 2020. Comparing the results obtained by Portugal with the other EU-28 countries, in terms of the overall RES target, in 2017, Portugal recorded the 7th best target, 10.6 pp above the EU-28 average (17.5%), which demonstrates the good performance of Portugal regarding the Renewables Directive and the level of ambition in meeting the 2020 targets.
On the other hand, the incorporation of RES in primary energy consumption was 21.1% in 2017.