EDP-Gestão da Produção de Energia, S.A., a unit of Portuguese power utility EDP, is set to build a 4 MW floating solar farm located at the Alqueva Dam on the River Guadiana, along the border of the Beja and Évora districts in southern Portugal.
The facility will feature around 10,000 PERC half-cell solar modules, each with an output of 385 W, spanning 3.9 hectares of water surface on the Alqueva reservoir, in an area immediately upstream of the dam. The PV system will be divided into five sub-units, each spaced about 13.5 meters apart from each other.
The solar plant is expected to produce approximately 6 GWh per year. The project is expected to be operational by 2020.
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June 18, 2019
AW-Energy installs new substation for Surge2 Ocean Wave Energy in Peniche, Portugal
AW-Energy has concluded the installation of a new substation for the Surge2 Ocean Wave Energy in Portugal. The previous substation used for project SURGE is replaced by an improved new substation, wh...
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June 05, 2019
Financing for 1,158 MW hydropower complex in Portugal
Iberdrola announced that it has received the largest ever green loan granted by Spanish Instituto de Credito Oficial (ICO), amounting to EUR400 million (US$446 million) with 12-year maturity and two-y...
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May 24, 2019
Portugal to auction 1.35 GW of solar capacity
Minister of the Environment of Portugal, Joao Matos Fernandes, announced that the government will auction 1.35 GW of solar capacity starting this coming summer after the change in legislation.
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May 15, 2019
EDPR to fully divest 997 MW wind portfolio in Europe
EDP Renewables (EDPR), a global leader in the renewable energy sector and one of the largest wind energy producers in the world, signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement with institutional investors...
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April 10, 2019
Total Eren completes purchase of NovEnergia Holding Company (NHC)
French renewable independent power producer (IPP) Total Eren has completed the purchase of NovEnergia Holding Company (NHC), a southern European power firm, after the approval of all stakeholders and...
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