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Portugal Could Hold an Answer for a Europe Captive to Russian Gas

The New York Times · Patricia Cohen · last updated

Portugal has no coal mines, oil wells or gas fields. Its impressive hydropower production has been crippled this year by drought. And its long-running disconnect from the rest of Europe’s energy network has earned the country its status as an “energy island.”

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