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. ... www.euronews.net/