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I'm Portuguese and as much as I'd love to run on 96% green energy I can't believe it... Last time I checked (it was quite a while ago I'll give them that) we imported a lot of nuclear energy from France. So unless France is 100% green and still has a green energy surplus (which it isn't/doesn't) we're just transfering our carbon footprint...
We do have a lot of wind turbines so maybe we don't import as much anymore but still...
There's definitely some figure manipulation going on here. Portugal might claim it's importing green energy from France, meanwhile France might stack up its renewable generation against its overall demand to make its claims, meaning both are ignoring much of the fossil fuel generation from France.
It's still good progress, but the devil really is in the details. There's a reason this post doesn't call it "net-zero" or any other industry recognised term.