Minimising the environmental impact has been since ever a concern of the company in realization of new investment projects and in the operation and maintenance activities of the various storage and transport infrastructures of electricity and natural gas.
Greenhouse gas emissions concentrate in the atmosphere and form a layer that allows solar rays to penetrate but prevents the heat generated by them from dissipating, leading to the so-called greenhouse effect.
The management of vegetation in the easement corridors of the electricity transmission networks and the defense of the forest against fires.
The protection of the environment, the mitigation of the impacts, the rational use of natural resources, prevention of pollution and support the development of renewable energies constitute the main commitments of our environmental policy.
Vegetation management in the easement corridors of electricity transmission networks. A paradigm shift.
Biodiversity is one of the most important environmental descriptors taken into account in the systematic assessment of the potential impacts of REN's activities in the various phases of the life cycle of its infrastructures.
REN, together with the Science and Technology Foundation (FCT) and University of Porto (UP), have created a Chair in Biodiversity, to be taught at UP
NEWS OF Environmental protection
Sustentabilidade
Heróis de Toda a Espécie
This pedagogical nature initiative has aimed to sensitize communities to the protection of biodiversity, preservation of Portuguese forest and conservation of animal and plant species threatened or endangered species.
Proteção do meio ambiente
Reforestation programme
REN, as a result of construction activities and produces direct impacts on maintenance and use of soil flora. As a way to offset these impacts has been, since 2007, to carry out several projects of afforestation in the context of the construction of new facilities and from 2013, extended this methodology to the lines already in operation.
Sustentabilidade
MEDEA
The MEDEA is an initiative of SPF-Portuguese society of physics, with the support of REN, intended to promote knowledge of physics among young people and of society in General.