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the share of renewable power to around
2. The floating solar array at the Alqueva
Dam includes floaters that mix cork with
recycled polymers, part of a manufacturing
process to achieve a neutral carbon footprint.
The innovation was developed by EDP in
partnership with Corticeira Amorim, a Portuguese
company, and Isigenere, based in
Spain. Courtesy: EDP
Pulido told POWER that energy storage
will support many of the country's
new solar projects. " At the end of 2021,
Madeira's energy provider, Empresa de
Electricidade da Madeira (EEM), awarded
Fluence, in partnership with Siemens
Smart Infrastructure, a contract to install
a 15-MW/15-MWh battery storage plant,
which will be integrated into an islanded
microgrid concept, " Pulido said. That facility,
located next to Vitória Thermal Power
Plant in Madeira-an autonomous region
in Portugal- " will enable EEM to optimize
its renewable energy integration,
significantly
contributing to increasing
50% in its energy mix, " Pulido said.
" As a result, the island can reduce its
fuel consumption over the next two to
three years, while gaining greater energy
independence without affecting energy
quality or grid stability. Integrated in a microgrid
concept, the battery energy storage
system will also improve the island's
sustainability by reducing its carbon
footprint and integrating more diversified
power generation sources. At the same
time, it will allow EEM to maintain high
standards of reliability and availability of
power distribution. One of its unique features
is the ability to black-start a part of
the 60-kV network and restore grid services
in the event of an outage, " the Fluence
executive added.
Solar-plus-storage projects are just
one facet of Portugal's renewable energy
strategy. Energy Secretary Galamba last
month said the auction to award leases
for offshore wind projects, which the government
has planned for 2023, " will happen
as soon as possible and will be large, "
with a capacity minimum between 6 GW
and 8 GW, according to reports.
Jornal de Negócios, a Portuguese business
publication, reported that Galamba
said there will be an auction " more complex
than the others, which is not launched
in just three months, because it involves
industrialization of ports. " Galamba said
government officials want to start work
on offshore wind " as soon as possible. "
-Darrell Proctor is a senior associate
editor for POWER.
RWE to Take Over Vattenfall's
1.4-GW 'Hydrogen-Ready' Dutch
Gas-Fired Plant
German energy giant RWE will in September
acquire Vattenfall's 1.4-GW Magnum
combined cycle gas-fired power
station, a project in the Netherlands
where work is underway to explore
converting one of the three 440-MW
Mitsubishi Power M701F power blocks
to 100% hydrogen by 2025.
Vattenfall on June 2 said RWE agreed
to take over the 2013-completed plant in
Eemshaven, Groningen province (Figure
3), in a €500 million ($564.95 million) deal.
The deal comes a year after the company
first indicated it was considering selling
the " profitable and state-of-the-art " gasfired
plant, which plays an integral role in
the Netherlands' energy security.
The deal is notable given recent events
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