Hydropower
We are moving forward together towards the energy transition
Renewable hydropower is a reliable, versatile, and low-cost source of green electricity production and responsible water management. Our hydropower plants contribute to accelerating the Energy Transition by providing essential energy, storage, flexibility, and climate change mitigation.
ENGIE Hidroelétricas do Douro was established in 2020 with the objective of ensuring the operation and maintenance of six hydroelectric projects implemented in the Trás-os-Montes region and whose concessions belong to Movhera.
Installed capacity in Portugal
Supply equivalent to the average consumption of the Porto metropolitan area
Amount of CO2 emissions avoided
Miranda
Miranda is a run-of-river hydroelectric power plant with a concrete buttress dam on the Douro River, located in the municipality of Miranda do Douro. The plant has a total installed capacity of 363 MW.
Picote
Completed in 1958, Picote was the first dam built in Portugal on the Douro River, located in the municipality of Miranda do Douro. The plant currently has a total installed capacity of 433 MW.
Bemposta
Bemposta is a concrete arch dam and run-of-river hydroelectric power plant located in the municipality of Mogadouro, near the Spanish border. It has a total installed capacity of 439 MW.
Baixo Sabor
The Baixo Sabor dam is located on the Sabor River, a tributary on the right bank of the Douro, in the municipality of Torre de Moncorvo. The plant was built underground and includes two Francis turbines of 72 MW each.
Feiticeiro
Located in the municipality of Torre do Moncorvo, 14 kilometers downstream from Baixo Sabor, the Feiticeiro dam began its activity in 2015. This gravity dam and reversible hydroelectric plant has an installed capacity of 38MW.
Foz Tua
The Foz do Tua dam is installed on the Tua River, a tributary on the right bank of the Douro, in the municipality of São Mamede de Ribatua, in the municipality of Alijó. The Foz do Tua dam is a multifunction hydroelectric plant composed of two reversible Francis turbines with an installed capacity of 274 MW.
