Endesa Generación Portugal, a subsidiary of Enel Group’s Spanish company Endesa, was awarded 99 MW of solar with an energy storage capacity in the preliminary results of the second renewable tender organized by the Portuguese Government through DGEG (Direção-Geral de Energia e Geologia).
The facility, which will be developed, built, and operated by the Enel Group’s renewables arm Enel Green Power, will be the Group’s first renewable + storage project in the Iberian peninsula.
The project, which is expected to start operations in 2024, will be located in the region of Algarve and its construction will involve an investment of approximately EUR90 million (US$106.64 million).
In line with the tender rules, Enel will have the right to connect the new solar + storage project to the national grid under a 15-year contract with the country’s National Electrical System. The DGEG tender was launched for up to 700 MW of new standalone solar and solar + storage projects and is in line with Portugal’s goal to be carbon neutral by 2050.
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September 10, 2020
Iberdrola wins 83 MW solar-plus-storage hybrid project in Algrave
Iberdrola has been awarded a hybrid photovoltaic facility in the Algarve, Portugal. The project involves the development of a 69 MW solar farm with 14 MW battery storage which will stabilize the syst...
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September 08, 2020
Siemens, Fluence secures contract to install 15 MW energy storage system in Terceira Island
Siemens Smart Infrastructure, in partnership with Fluence, was awarded a contract by the Electricidade dos Açores (EDA) to build a 15 MW energy storage system on Terceira Island, in...
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September 01, 2020
Portugal awards 670 MW new renewable energy development projects
The Government of Portugal has awarded new solar energy developments with a total capacity of 670 MW at a record low price of EUR11.14 (US$13.16) per MWh in one of the offerings. The solar...
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August 24, 2020
CKI, PAH divest 726 MW Iberwind portfolio
CK Infrastructure Holdings Limited (CKI) and Power Assets Holding (PAH) have signed an agreement to divest Iberwind portfolio in Portugal to JP Morgan's European wind energy platform Ventient Energ....
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July 29, 2020
EDPR and partners commission 25 MW Windfloat Innovfin FDP offshore wind project in Viana do Castelo
WindFloat Atlantic is now fully operational and supplying clean energy to Portugal's electrical grid. Following the connection of the last of the three platforms to the 20 m export cable connecting th...
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