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| New eleven megawatt PS in Portugal  GE, PowerLight and Catavento SA announced that 52,000 shimmering photovoltaic modules in one of the world's largest solar power plants have begun generating enough electricity for 8,000 homes. After eight months of construction and testing, GE Energy Financial Services, PowerLight, and Catavento dedicated the 11-megawatt Serpa solar power plant. The facility - a model of clean power generation integrated with agriculture - is in one of Europe's sunniest areas, in Portugal's Alentejo agricultural region in the town of Serpa, 200 kilometers southeast of Lisbon.The plant uses PowerLight's innovative PowerTracker system that follows the sun's daily path across the sky to generate more electricity than conventional fixed-mounted systems. Generating electricity from the sun with no fuel costs or emissions, the Serpa plant is on a 60-hectare hillside, equivalent to the area of more than 80 football fields. The project will save more than 30,000 tons a year in greenhouse gas emissions compared to equivalent fossil fuel generation. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |