Huge hydroelectric project to help Portugal eliminate coal: PM
RIBEIRA DE PENA, Portugal: A vast hydroelectric project under construction in northern Portugal will directly replace the power lost when the Iberian country closes its last coal plants, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Tuesday.
Portugal was the first country in the world to commit to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and last October it brought forward a deadline for closing its last coal plants to 2023.
The Sines plant owned by domestic utility EDP will close only when a hydroelectric complex with three dams, plants and pumped-storage station being built by Spanish wind giant Iberdrola in the Douro River basin begins operating.
