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LNEG, the Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, is a Portuguese national laboratory for energy and geology research. Its listed competences cover bioenergy and biorefineries, renewable energies, integration of renewables into energy systems, energy in the built environment, materials for energy, resource economics, geoinformation, geology and hazards, geological resources and mineral technology.

Research is organised into units, including the Bioenergy and Biorefineries Unit, the Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency Unit, the Mineral Science and Technology Unit and the Geoscientific Information Unit. The laboratory lists accredited laboratories for biofuels and biomass, solar energy, and materials and coatings. Its research infrastructures include BBRI, C4G, INIESC, NZEB LAB, the WindScanner facility and a rock and core collection (Litoteca). It also runs a Geological Museum in Lisbon and a geoportal.

LNEG has campuses in Amadora (Alfragide), Aljustrel, S. Mamede de Infesta and Lisbon (Lumiar), and the Geological Museum is in Lisbon. Recent news covers projects such as DRYAD and GENESIS and its representation in a United Nations advisory council.

Product: Scientific research and technology development in energy and geology, with accredited laboratories, research infrastructures and a geological museum.