New auction of floating solar capacity

Order no. 11740-B/2021 of the Assistant Secretary of State for Energy and the Secretary of State for the Environment was published on 26 November. This Order opened the auction announced earlier for the allocation of reserve capacity for injection at connection points into the Public Service Electricity Grid (Rede Elétrica de Serviço Público - “RESP”) for electricity from solar energy conversion by floating photovoltaic power plants to be installed in reservoirs. The Order also approved the necessary procedural documents - the Procedure Programme and the Tender Specifications.