Projects for ‘large solar centres in Portugal’ now at risk
Projects in the pipeline for ‘large solar centres in Portugal’ using equipment manufactured in China are suddenly at risk due to the galloping coronavirus pandemic. Expresso explains that “a few
Floating wind power plant starts being assembled off coast of Portugal
One of the world’s first floating wind power plants – to be sited 20 kms off the coast of Viana do Castelo – has started being assembled. As we write,
Record prices colour Portugal’s first solar auction
Portugal’s first-ever solar auction has triggered prices likely to break European records, say reports a week before results of the initiative are due to be published. On Friday Expresso claimed
IKEA buys Pisco wind farm in north of Portugal
Swedish furniture giant IKEA has announced the purchase of the Pisco wind farm in the north of Portugal. The company has not disclosed the value of the deal but Dinheiro
Torres Vedras wind-farm back in court over claims that turbines produce handicapped animals
A case recognised by Portugal’s Supreme Court in 2013 is back in the news after the family that won €30,000 in damages claims a wind farm is still damaging not
Martim Longo solar energy project nominated for European prize
A solar energy project developed in Martim Longo (Alcoutim) by business association Enercoutim has reached the final selection process of the European Utility Industry Awards, in the “Sustainable Development” category.
Explosion at Vila do Bispo wind farm highlights “huge security failings”, says fire chief
A freak explosion in a turbine at one of Vila do Bispo’s wind farms last week caused horrific burns to two workers, both of whom are now fighting for their
Wave power tested in Ria Formosa
The Algarve’s Ria Formosa could be home to an innovative renewable energy project aimed at testing a Scottish prototype device that can generate electricity from the power of waves. The
Tavira’s green energy revolution
A play on the word “cooperative” joined to the name of legendary astronomer and mathematician Copernicus, results in Coopérnico – Portugal’s first renewable energy cooperative, whose pioneering project is located
Alcoutim to home Europe’s biggest solar plant
Investment || Private investors are planning to build what would become Europe’s biggest solar plant in Alcoutim, local mayor Osvaldo Gonçalves has confirmed. The project, led by an unnamed private