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.pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output 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1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Reliefkarte_Portugal.png/470px-Reliefkarte_Portugal.png 2x" data-file-width="1633" data-file-height="3133" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:73.259%;left:60.621%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Alqueva Dam"><img alt="Alqueva Dam" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of Alqueva Dam in Portugal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Official name</th><td class="infobox-data">Barragem do Alqueva</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">Portugal</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data">Alqueva/<a href="/wiki/Moura_Municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Moura Municipality">Moura</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Alqueva_Dam&params=38_11_51_N_7_29_47_W_type:landmark"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">38°11′51″N</span> <span class="longitude">7°29′47″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">38.19750°N 7.49639°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">38.19750; -7.49639</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Purpose</th><td class="infobox-data">Water supply, irrigation, power, tourism</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Operational</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Construction began</th><td class="infobox-data">1995</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opening date</th><td class="infobox-data">2002</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Construction cost</th><td class="infobox-data">US$1.7 billion</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:skyblue; color:inherit;">Dam and spillways</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Dam#Types" title="Dam">Type of dam</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Arch</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Impounds</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Guadiana" title="Guadiana">Guadiana</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">96 m (315 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">458 m (1,503 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Width (crest)</th><td class="infobox-data">7 m (23 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dam volume</th><td class="infobox-data">687,000 m<sup>3</sup> (898,562 cu yd)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:skyblue; color:inherit;">Reservoir</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Inactive capacity</th><td class="infobox-data">4,150,000,000 m<sup>3</sup> (3,360,000 acre⋅ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Drainage_basin" title="Drainage basin">Catchment area</a></th><td class="infobox-data">250 km<sup>2</sup> (97 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:skyblue; color:inherit;">Power Station</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Commission date</th><td class="infobox-data">2004, 2013<sup id="cite_ref-alstom_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alstom-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Hydroelectricity#Generating_methods" title="Hydroelectricity">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Conventional/Pumped-storage</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Water_turbine" title="Water turbine">Turbines</a></th><td class="infobox-data">4 x 129.6 MW (173,800 hp) reversible <a href="/wiki/Francis-type" class="mw-redirect" title="Francis-type">Francis-type</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Nameplate_capacity" title="Nameplate capacity">Installed capacity</a></th><td class="infobox-data">518.4 MW (695,200 hp)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Alqueva Dam</b> is an <a href="/wiki/Arch_dam" title="Arch dam">arch dam</a> and the centrepiece of the Alqueva Multipurpose Project. It impounds the River <a href="/wiki/Guadiana" title="Guadiana">Guadiana</a>, on the border of <a href="/wiki/Beja_District" title="Beja District">Beja</a> and <a href="/wiki/%C3%89vora_District" title="Évora District">Évora Districts</a> in the south of Portugal. The dam takes its name from the town of <a href="/wiki/Alqueva_(Portel)" title="Alqueva (Portel)">Alqueva</a> on its right bank. It creates a large reservoir with an inter-annual regulation capacity from which water may be distributed throughout the region. The dam was completed in 2002, and its reservoir reached its full level for the first time in 2010. The 518.4-megawatt (695,200 hp) power station was commissioned in two stages, stage I in 2004 and stage II in 2013. The Alqueva Dam is the largest dam and artificial lake (250 square kilometres (97 sq mi)) in Western Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alqueva_Dam&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the 1950s, the Portuguese Prime Minister, <a href="/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_de_Oliveira_Salazar" title="António de Oliveira Salazar">António de Oliveira Salazar</a>, ordered a study of the feasibility of the dam project. The potential benefits of the Alqueva dam were discussed for decades. An initial effort was undertaken after the <a href="/wiki/Carnation_Revolution" title="Carnation Revolution">Carnation Revolution of 1974</a>, but it was abandoned in 1978. The Portuguese government eventually made a firm decision to build the dam in the 1990s, during the <a href="/wiki/An%C3%ADbal_Cavaco_Silva" title="Aníbal Cavaco Silva">Cavaco Silva</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_Guterres" title="António Guterres">António Guterres</a> governments. </p><p><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aldeia_da_Luz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aldeia da Luz (page does not exist)">Aldeia da Luz</a>, a small village that lay in the projected flood zone of the dam, was completely rebuilt on a new site. </p><p>The construction of the new dam was carried out by a joint venture of Bento Pedroso Construções, <a href="/wiki/Acciona" title="Acciona">Cubiertas y MZOV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grupo_ACS" class="mw-redirect" title="Grupo ACS">Dragados</a> and Somague – Sociedade de Construções.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On February 8, 2002, the 96-metre (315 ft) high floodgates of the Alqueva dam were closed.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2010, the lake was filled to the planned level, with a surface area of 250 km<sup>2</sup>. When filled to capacity, the shoreline of Alqueva Lake, also known as Grande Lago, is nearly 1200 kilometers and the maximum depth is about 100 meters. A well-developed commercial marina has grown up to the southeast of the town of Amieira, which provides all types of boating services.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hydroelectric_power_station">Hydroelectric power station</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alqueva_Dam&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Hydroelectric power station"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2004, the first stage of the hydroelectric power station was commissioned, with a capacity of 259-megawatt (347,000 hp). The second stage, with an additional 259 MW, was commissioned in 2013. The power station contains four 129.6-megawatt (173,800 hp) reversible <a href="/wiki/Francis_turbine" title="Francis turbine">Francis turbines</a>. With these turbines, the power station is afforded a <a href="/wiki/Pumped-storage" class="mw-redirect" title="Pumped-storage">pumped-storage</a> capability. Power is generated during high demand periods, and at times of low demand the turbines reverse and pump water from a much smaller reservoir below the dam back into the main reservoir. Pedrogao Dam forms the lower reservoir.<sup id="cite_ref-alstom_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alstom-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Supporting_infrastructure">Supporting infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alqueva_Dam&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Supporting infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Complementing the Alqueva dam, which is equipped with a <a href="/wiki/Pumped-storage" class="mw-redirect" title="Pumped-storage">pumped-storage</a> hydroelectric plant, is the Pedrógão Dam, located 23 kilometres (14 mi) downstream from Alqueva beside the settlement of the same name and also equipped with a mini hydroelectric plant. The purpose of the Pedrógão dam is the creation of a lower reservoir for the Alqueva, for the recovery of flows, also serving as a source of water for the Ardila and Pedrógão water supply subsystems. The Álamos pumping station takes water from Alqueva and distributes it throughout the entire Alqueva water supply subsystem. Another two pumping stations, Pedrógão/Left Bank and Pedrógão/Right Bank, distribute water to the Ardila and Pedrógão subsystems respectively. The main infrastructure also includes the primary and secondary networks, pumping stations, intermediate dams, reservoirs and drainage and road networks. </p><p>On July 15, 2023, a 5 MW <a href="/wiki/Floating_solar" title="Floating solar">floating solar</a> facility with 7.5 GWh production per year was unveiled, marking a significant development in Portugal's renewable energy infrastructure.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The facility is positioned within the Alqueva reservoir, which is set to become one of Europe's largest floating solar parks.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spanning approximately 4 hectares, or 0.016% of the reservoir, the installation features nearly 12,000 photovoltaic panels.This installation is anticipated to supply energy to more than 30% of the inhabitants of the southern region of Portugal with the potential for expansion and the option to scale up to an additional 70 MW.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Benefits">Benefits</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alqueva_Dam&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Benefits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The goals of the Alqueva Multi-Purpose Project have been based on the principal shortfalls of the Alentejo region. The answers to these needs make up the project's main goals: </p> <ul><li>The establishment of a strategic water reserve, with a capacity sufficient to meet all the needs of at least three successive years of drought;</li> <li>Guaranteed water supply to the population, industries and agriculture within the project intervention area;</li> <li>Amendment of the Cultural Agriculture Model, with the introduction of 120,000 hectares (300,000 acres) of a new irrigated crops in the Alentejo region;</li> <li>The production of non-polluting electrical energy using renewable sources;</li> <li>The preservation of the environment, monitoring and actively participating in the improvement of the same;</li> <li>The promotion of quality tourism by means of cooperation with public and private entities, the execution of Land Use Plans and systematic efforts to ensure the sustainability of the interventions;</li> <li>The creation of a new Corporate Climate, assuring the resource of "water", meeting the goals for the implementation of the project and helping to provide solutions for investment in the region;</li> <li>The dynamization of the employment market, a direct consequence of the other goals, is vital to the reversal of the main regional statistical indicators.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Impacts">Impacts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alqueva_Dam&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Impacts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alqueva_Dam&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">March 2012</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The dam caused the loss of prehistoric engravings and habitat of rare and endangered species including <a href="/wiki/Eagle" title="Eagle">eagles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kite_(bird)" title="Kite (bird)">kites</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wild_boars" class="mw-redirect" title="Wild boars">wild boars</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Iberian_lynx" title="Iberian lynx">Iberian lynx</a>. A Roman fort was also submerged.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Alqueva Multi Purpose Project has a strong financial investment in impact mitigation plans. The archaeological intervention of about 1,200 cultural heritage sites is one result. </p><p>An environmental leader, José Paulo Martins, said the dam is a waste of money, as "the government's own secret reports say only 48% of the irrigated land can be worked profitably".<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alqueva_Dam&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AlquevaDamPanorama.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Panoramic view of dam and power station"><img alt="Panoramic view of dam and power station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/AlquevaDamPanorama.jpg/120px-AlquevaDamPanorama.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/AlquevaDamPanorama.jpg/180px-AlquevaDamPanorama.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/AlquevaDamPanorama.jpg/240px-AlquevaDamPanorama.jpg 2x" data-file-width="870" data-file-height="436" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Panoramic view of dam and power station</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; 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