In the 1^st half of 2026

Electricity generation in the Autonomous Region of Madeira increased by 4.5% compared with the same period the previous year

The electricity production, estimated from electricity distribution data supplied by Madeira Electricity Company (Empresa de Eletricidade da Madeira – EEM), increased by 4.5% in the 1^st half of 2026, year-on-year.

Analysing the mix of electricity production in the reference period - the total of which stood at around 488.8 Gigawatt-hours (GWh) - it can be seen that, compared with the January to June 2025 period, there was an increase in all sources, with photovoltaic (+21.3%), wind (+15.8%) and hydro (+5.1%) sources standing out. Municipal solid waste and thermal sources also registered increases, albeit more modest ones, of 0.9% and 0.4%, respectively. Consequently, the share of total electricity distribution from thermal sources fell from 56.2% in the 1^st half of 2025 to 54.0% in the reference period, meaning that the share of renewable sources increased, standing at 46.0% (43.8% in the first six months of 2025).

It is worth noting the growing importance of natural gas as a source for electricity production, accounting for 20.7% of total electricity distribution in the first six months of 2026 (18.1% in the same period of 2025), with electricity production from this source increasing by 19.6% compared with the same period the previous year.

Narrowing the scope of the analysis to the 2^nd quarter of 2026, electricity production stood at 241.1 GWh, corresponding to an increase of 3.7% year-on-year. 

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