Portugal begins setting up Europe’s largest floating solar park
Posted: Mon May 09, 2022 11:30 pm
https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/05/ ... n-portugal
Biggest 'floating solar park' in Europe will open this year in Portugal
Europe's largest floating solar park will take shape in July this year, in Portugal's Alqueva reservoir.
Two tugboats are currently moving a vast array of 12,000 solar panels, the size of four football pitches, to their mooring on the reservoir.
Built by EDP, the country's main utility company, on Western Europe's biggest artificial lake, the shiny floating island is part of Portugal's plan to cut reliance on imported fossil fuels whose prices have surged since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Blessed by long hours of sunshine and Atlantic winds, Portugal has accelerated its shift to renewables. But even though the country uses almost no Russian hydrocarbons, its gas-fired power plants still feel the squeeze of rising fuel prices.
Biggest 'floating solar park' in Europe will open this year in Portugal
Europe's largest floating solar park will take shape in July this year, in Portugal's Alqueva reservoir.
Two tugboats are currently moving a vast array of 12,000 solar panels, the size of four football pitches, to their mooring on the reservoir.
Built by EDP, the country's main utility company, on Western Europe's biggest artificial lake, the shiny floating island is part of Portugal's plan to cut reliance on imported fossil fuels whose prices have surged since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Blessed by long hours of sunshine and Atlantic winds, Portugal has accelerated its shift to renewables. But even though the country uses almost no Russian hydrocarbons, its gas-fired power plants still feel the squeeze of rising fuel prices.