Hydro-power in Portugal

A huge hydro-electric power plant 250 kms south-east of Lisbon in Portugal uses Alstom technology to combine and store wind and hydro energies. This plant has a capacity of 260 megawatts and supplies energy to 175,000 households. The reduction in CO2 emissions is the equivalent to removing 185,000 cars from the road.




The upper reservoir is the biggest in Europe: 85 km long with a surface of 250 square kilometres.

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[ROCKSOLID19]

Here in Wales we have 2 "pump storage" power stations but the electricity used to pump the water back on both is nuclean and coal. I don't like the fact of coal been used to pump back. Nuclear and Hydroelectric is the best way forward for the future power needs.

[ROCKSOLID19]

This is good for the Portuguese economy, even though the country is skint. All European nations must escape the shackles of coal, oil and gas as a means of domestic energy.

[roboticdah]

zimbora portugal

[SelenityLuz]

COOOOOOOOOOL!!!

[RibbitAfterMe]

@neoldd1 No problemo : )

[neoldd1]

@RibbitAfterMe Thanks a lot!

[RibbitAfterMe]

It is Verdi's requiem Dies irae.

watch?v=B_nhoZu2cp8

[shakyl008]

lol, porquê este tipo é francês?

[HorseofPaulRevere]

a step forward can still be a step down....

[neoldd1]

Can someone tell me the name of the music they use in the beginning?