Portugal Leading On Green Energy

Portugal is way ahead of the curve. The country is taking advantage of its prime location with ocean waves, sun, and wind to become a model for green energy from all tree sources.

Now the plan includes electric car recharge stations.

globalpost.com: Has Portugal solved the electric car problem?

...groundbreaking plans for a nationwide network of recharging stations that would allow battery driven electric automobiles to cruise the highways.

The charging network is part of a wider Portuguese plan to switch to green energy that involves investments in wind-turbines, solar panels and wave farms. The plan takes advantage of the country's location on Europe’s sunny, but breezy, southwest tip.

Portugal already produces over one-third of its electricity from renewable sources, double the average of the 27 European Union nations. Socrates says the proportion will rise to 45 percent by 2010.