Portugal, home of the biggest solar plant in the world

In today's era, when Global warming is on its high, Portugal, a small country in Southern Europe, is taking a bold stake in renewable energies. Thanks to the "great Portuguese sun", Portugal is now home of the world's biggest and most powerful solar energy plant. The 11-megawatt plant (located near Serpa, a small town in the country's southern province of Alentejo) with its 52,000 photovoltaic modules, which producing 20 gigawatt hours of power each year delivers enough electricity to power 8,000 homes, is a part of Portugal's plan to produce 45 % of its electricity from renewable energy sources. Apart from solar energy, Portugal is also turning to wind and wave power to reduce its oil imports and meet its international commitments to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, having in this matters one of the most ambitious targets in the world.
If God has given to the Portuguese no oil, they will have to suffice only with their wind, their sun and their waves -- and it seems that with more than 305 days of sun per year, and 1250 km of Atlantic coastline they are just about to make it.

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[andrextr]

Desconhecia totalmente que estávamos tão à frente na energia solar !! Muito bem! Isto só mostra que não somos assim tão maus... alias, somos os "máiores" ! :D

[pepe237]

Bien hecho. Ese es el camino a seguir. saludos.

[jwalver]

It is not the most efficient solar plant though. If you're really interested you should make some research about Abengoa Solar a spanish company who is leading in terms of innovation and efficiency. They are already in 70 different countries and with global grid parity that's going to be reached in a couple of years we are going to see much more of this type of plants.

[nacht98]

good to know!

[olemunati]

Yeah! What? That´s a huge area!

It must be wrong

[Minuvash]

solar towers , solkav, coolearthsolar and sun-mar are good too.

[investortownhall]

70 football fields to power just 8,000 homes?!?!. At that math rate you need an area larger than twice the size of a city to power an average metro area of 200,000 homes.

[Alex618mir]

Viva portugal,futur belong to the smart ones

[starspace]

parabéns! Portugal precisa mudar e avançar para o futuro

[adevezar]

Gosto de saber que os impostos não vão apenas para estadios de Futebol.

É bom ver que pelo menos há um projecto útil..

Só espero que agora não haja uns tipos que comprem o sol e o venda a retalhos.

[ceudelisboa]

Great! But ther's still a lot to be done.