In 2019, the incorporation of RES in the Gross Final Energy Consumption (CFBE) stood at 30.6%, 0.4 percentage points (pp) above the figure recorded in the previous year, which means that Portugal has achieved in 2019 about 99% of its target for 2020.
Comparing the results obtained by Portugal with the other EU-28 countries, it one can observe that in 2019 Portugal registered the 7th best position, 11.7 pp above the EU-28 average (18.9%), which demonstrates the good performance of Portugal under the Renewables Directive and the level of ambition in meeting the targets for 2020.
On the other hand, the incorporation of RES in primary energy consumption was 28.9% in 2019.
In 2020, the provisional value for the incorporation of RES in the CBFE was 33.9%, indicating that Portugal will have largely exceeded its target for that year. The significant rise in this indicator will have been strongly influenced by the reduction in final energy consumption due to the context of the COVID-19 pandemic (as mentioned above).