The Spanish energy company is building a huge hydropower complex across three water reservoirs in northern Portugal. The project will rely on 880 MW of pumped-hydro storage and is expected to become fully operational in 2024. The Gouvães reservoir in northern Portugal. Image: Iberdrola
Portugal currently has an installed hydropower generation capacity of 8.2 GW (5.3 dammed hydropower plants and 2.9 run-of-river), from which 3.6 GW are pumped hydro storage.
When the Portuguese electric power grid needs more electricity, a large multinational power company releases millions of gallons of water from a dammed reservoir. The Alto Tâmega dam under construction, one of three dams that are part of the giant pumped storage hydroelectric project in Portugal.
The project will rely on 880 MW of pumped-hydro storage and is expected to become fully operational in 2024. The Gouvães reservoir in northern Portugal. Image: Iberdrola Spanish energy company Iberdrola has energized the first 220 MW turbine at its Tâmega hydropower plant in northern Portugal.
Based on the previous analysis, we can conclude that the EnergyPLAN model is generally able to reproduce the results of Portugal's electricity production system, with errors between 3 % (2021) and 7 % (2023) regarding natural gas generation, hydro generation and pumping balance and import-export balance.
When Portugal’s electrical system needs a boost, a signal activates a power plant buried deep in a hillside in the country’s scrubby, pine-covered north. Inside the man-made cavern, valves, nine feet in diameter, suddenly open, allowing water draining from a reservoir four miles away to begin streaming through four massive turbines.
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Flexible energy for the modern grid
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The Alto Tâmega dam under construction, one of three dams that are part of the giant pumped storage hydroelectric project in Portugal.
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Project Details
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