PORTUGAL - Portugal starts huge solar plant

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Wednesday, 7 June 2006,

14:27 GMT 15:27 UK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Portugal

starts huge solar plant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Portuguese

plant will be bigger than any other in the world

 

 

 

Construction

work has begun in southern Portugal on what is set to be the world's largest solar power

station.

The 58m euro (£40m) plant near Serpa, 200km (125 miles) south of

Lisbon, will produce enough electricity for

8,000 homes when it starts next January.

The 11-megawatt solar power plant, to be made up of 52,000

photovoltaic modules, will cover a 60-hectare (150-acre) southern-facing

hillside.

Portugal plans other solar plants to counter a

rise in carbon emissions.

The project in the sunny Alentejo region has been developed by

Portuguese renewable energy company Catavento, in conjunction with solar

polar provider Powerlight and funded by General Electric Energy Financial

Services.

The panels will be raised around two metres off the grass which,

Catavento's Piero Dal Maso says, the sheep will take care of.

" The Serpa solar power project, along with other renewable

energy initiatives, helps lay the foundation for Portugal's energy

future, " he said.

" The project takes maximum advantage of the excellent

environmental conditions in Portugal for solar

power. "

Renewable future

He told the BBC World Today programme that they were expecting a

good yield.

" It should provide energy enough for 8,000 homes. It will

save 30 tonnes of CO2 emissions, so that is probably around 1% of domestic

consumption of Portugal.

Mr Dal Maso says he believes the future will need a mix of

renewable energies - wind, solar, water and wave energies to help provide

coverage.

" It is a drop, but we think in Portugal that it will

make sense to use renewables to get away from oil issues and the dependency

on energy from outside which we have in Portugal. "

The plant will use PowerLight's PowerTracker

technology which follows the sun as it moves across the sky throughout the

day. The firm say this generates more electricity than conventional

fixed-mount systems.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5056012.stm

 

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Sun, L8, and natal Sun yesterday, when the building project started.

 

 

 

 

It will be built exactly

in my birth place.

 

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Jorge Angelino

 

 

Rua da Sociedade Filarmónica

Perpétua Azeitonense, 29

2925-598 Azeitão

Portugal

 

 

 

 

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