The role of pumped hydro storage in the Portuguese National
However, given the potential effects of climate change, this study examines the role of hydropower in the Portuguese power system, focusing on its impact on generation, storage, and
Policy has moved just as fast. In the past 18 months Lisbon introduced a streamlined licensing code, approved €100 M in Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência grants for 43 storage projects, and is drafting a 750 MVA capacity auction to go live before January 2026.
Additional hybrid capacity is being deployed, namely by Iberdrola, Greenvolt, Akuo, EDP and GALP, supported by Portugal's Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) programme under the “Flexibility and Storage” incentive call. Under this PRR scheme, 41 projects were approved, totalling around 500 MW of new storage capacity and € 99.75 million in grants.
This work proposes a new methodological approach to assess the potential role of the hydro-pumped storage systems in Portugal for 2030, taking into consideration the impacts of climate change. 4.1.
The total reservoir capacity is equal to 13,290 hm 3 and the biggest reservoir capacities can be found for Guadiana and Tagus, which are rivers with their origin in Spain . Portugal currently has an installed hydropower generation capacity of 8.2 GW (5.3 dammed hydropower plants and 2.9 run-of-river), from which 3.6 GW are pumped hydro storage.
However, given the potential effects of climate change, this study examines the role of hydropower in the Portuguese power system, focusing on its impact on generation, storage, and
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For these reasons, energy storage has moved from being a strategic option to becoming the central pillar of power grid stability in Portugal. Currently, the main form of large-scale storage in
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