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Pumped-storage hydro · grid battery

Frades I (Venda Nova II)

operatingPortugal · lower reservoir on the Cávado

Turbine capacity: 191 MW
Energy storage: -
Gross head: -
First unit: 2005

First reversible extension of the Venda Nova scheme, from the Rabagão reservoir down to Salamonde

Nameplate figures and coordinates: EDP station page · 41.6952, -8.0252

Map layersexpand

seasonal below area no shared status