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Environment - One of the World's Biggest Solar Plant

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  • Solar panels fixings are checked and bolts re-tightened.
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  • Construction is finishing. Road workers spread sand over tout-venant.
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  • Solar panels fixings are checked and bolts re-tightened.
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  • Solar panels at dusk
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  • Substation masts at dusk
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  • Substation equipment
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  • Substation
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  • Winter foggy morning.<br />
At this time of the day, panels are angled at 45º for the best performance.
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  • Winter foggy morning.<br />
At this time of the day, panels are angled at 45º for the best performance.
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  • PowerTracker device. This system senses the sun movement and moves the panels from East to West, using an engine with micromovement in order to get the best possible performance during the day.
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  • Solar power plant landscape view.<br />
The plant is located near Brinches, a small rural village, and built in farmland.
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  • Solar power plant landscape view.<br />
The plant is located near Brinches, a small rural village, and built in farmland.
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  • Solar power plant landscape view.<br />
The plant is located near Brinches, a small rural village, and built in farmland.
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  • Aerial view of Serpa solar power plant.
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  • Aerial view of Serpa solar power plant. <br />
On the left, Brinches, nearby village.
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  • Aerial view of Serpa solar power plant.
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  • Aerial view of Serpa solar power plant.
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  • GE Energy Financial Services managing director Kevin Walsh talks with U.S. ambassador to the Portugal, Alfred Hoffman
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  • PowerLight CEO Tom Dinwoodie talks with U.S. ambassador to the Portugal, Alfred Hoffman
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  • Solar panels move during the day using PowerTracker system, following sun's movement.
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  • Manuel Pinho, Economy Minister of Portugal
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  • Manuel Pinho, Economy Minister of Portugal
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  • PowerLight CEO Tom Dinwoodie
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  • GE Energy Financial Services managing director Kevin Walsh
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  • Manuel Pinho, Economy Minister of Portugal
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  • U.S. ambassador to the Portugal, Alfred Hoffman
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  • Manuel Pinho, Economy Minister of Portugal
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  • Signature of finantial contracts between Portuguese Government and GE
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  • Manuel Pinho, Economy Minister of Portugal and GE Kevin Walsh dedicate Serpa's power plant.
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  • PowerLight CEO Tom Dinwoodie talks with U.S. ambassador to the Portugal, Alfred Hoffman
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  • GE Energy Financial Services managing director Kevin Walsh interviewd by Tood Woody, from Business 2.0 magazine.
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  • Manuel Pinho, Economy Minister of Portugal
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  • Powerlight team
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  • Solar panels move during the day using PowerTracker system, following sun's movement.
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  • Solar panels move during the day using PowerTracker system, following sun's movement.
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  • Solar panels move during the day using PowerTracker system, following sun's movement.
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  • Solar panels move during the day using PowerTracker system, following sun's movement.
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  • Solar panels move during the day using PowerTracker system, following sun's movement.
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  • Solar panels move during the day using PowerTracker system, following sun's movement.
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  • Solar panels move during the day using PowerTracker system, following sun's movement.
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  • Solar panels move during the day using PowerTracker system, following sun's movement.
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  • Solar panels move during the day using PowerTracker system, following sun's movement.
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  • A local shepherd seems amused with all the rush around Serpa's power plant
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  • Solar panels move during the day using PowerTracker system, following sun's movement.
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  • Solar panels move during the day using PowerTracker system, following sun's movement.
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  • Solar panels move during the day using PowerTracker system, following sun's movement.
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  • Solar panels move during the day using PowerTracker system, following sun's movement.
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  • Solar panels move during the day using PowerTracker system, following sun's movement.
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  • Solar panels move during the day using PowerTracker system, following sun's movement.
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  • Solar panels move during the day using PowerTracker system, following sun's movement.
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  • Solar panels move during the day using PowerTracker system, following sun's movement.
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  • Solar panels move during the day using PowerTracker system, following sun's movement.
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  • Solar panels move during the day using PowerTracker system, following sun's movement.
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  • Serpa's plant substation
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  • Serpa's plant substation
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  • Serpa's plant substation
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  • Solar panels move during the day using PowerTracker system, following sun's movement.
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  • Solar panels move during the day using PowerTracker system, following sun's movement.
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  • Solar panels move during the day using PowerTracker system, following sun's movement.
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  • Solar panels move during the day using PowerTracker system, following sun's movement.
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  • Solar panels move during the day using PowerTracker system, following sun's movement.
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  • Solar panels move during the day using PowerTracker system, following sun's movement.
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  • Solar panels move during the day using PowerTracker system, following sun's movement.
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  • Solar panels move during the day using PowerTracker system, following sun's movement.
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  • Solar panels move during the day using PowerTracker system, following sun's movement.
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  • Solar panels move during the day using PowerTracker system, following sun's movement.
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  • Solar panels move during the day using PowerTracker system, following sun's movement.
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  • Solar panels move during the day using PowerTracker system, following sun's movement.
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  • Early morning, panels are angled at 45º for best performance.
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  • Meteorological station. PowerTracker system senses sun movement based on this device and moves solar panels from eastwards to westwards orientation.
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  • Mid morning, panels are angled at somewhere near 30º for best performance.
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  • Solar panel patterns.
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  • Solar panel patterns.
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  • Mid morning, panels are angled at somewhere near 30º for best performance.
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  • Solar panel patterns.
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  • PowerTracker device. This system senses the sun movement and moves the panels from East to West, using an engine with micromovement in order to get the best possible performance during the day.
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  • Electrical control device, at substation.
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  • Electrical control device, at substation.
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  • Workers fit electrical plugs on the last rows of panels, on the almost finished world?s largest solar power plant.
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  • Workers fit electrical plugs on the last rows of panels, on the almost finished world?s largest solar power plant.
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  • Workers fit electrical plugs on the last rows of panels, on the almost finished world?s largest solar power plant.
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  • Workers fit electrical plugs on the last rows of panels, on the almost finished world?s largest solar power plant.
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  • Solar power plant landscape view, with olive trees in the foreground.<br />
The plant is located near Brinches, a small rural village, and built in farmland.
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  • Doug Felmann, Powerlight Operations and Maintenance Manager checks system connections before proceeding with electrical testing.
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