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Venda Nova III hydroelectric plant
3rd-largest grid storage in Portugal of 14 · top 57% worldwide (#541 of 965)
- Operator
- EDPR Renewable Energy Sources of Greece 1 Sole Proprietorship
- Owner
- EDP SA
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 780 MW
- Technology
- pumped storage
- Commissioned
- 2017
- Also listed as
- A power plant — this site generates as well as stores
Comparable grid storages · Portugal · 14 ranked
- #1Minhéu hydroelectric plant1.3 GW
- #2Gouvães hydroelectric plant880 MW
- #3Venda Nova III hydroelectric plant780 MW
- #4Aguieira hydroelectric plant336 MW
- #5Foz Tua hydroelectric plant268 MW
Grid connection · within 50 km
- Nearest substation
- Subestação da Central Hidroelétrica de Frades
- Its voltage
- 400 kV
- Distance
- 39 m
- Strongest line nearby
- 400 kV
- Line operator
- REN
- Substations in range
- 13
Mapped grid infrastructure from OpenStreetMap, whose coverage is excellent in some regions and sparse in others. Nothing shown here means nothing is mappednearby — not that the site is unconnected. Lines are matched on a segment’s midpoint, so a corridor passing directly overhead can be missed; this under-reports rather than invents.
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Venda Nova III hydroelectric plant0 m · Power Plant · 780 MW · hydro
- Venda Nova II hydroelectric plant0 m · Power Plant · 191 MW · hydro
- Venda Nova II hydroelectric plant0 m · Grid Storage · 191 MW
- Subestação da Central Hidroelétrica de Frades39 m · Substation / Converter
- Central de Frades - Vieira do Minho 1256 m · Transmission Line
- Vieira do Minho - Pedralva 21.1 km · Transmission Line
- Vieira do Minho - Pedralva 11.2 km · Transmission Line
- Posto de Corte de Vieira do Minho2.5 km · Substation / Converter
- Salamonde II hydroelectric plant5.3 km · Power Plant · 220 MW · hydro
- Salamonde II hydroelectric plant5.3 km · Grid Storage · 220 MW
- Alto Rabagão hydroelectric plant15 km · Grid Storage · 68 MW
- Subestação da Central Hidroelétrica de Daivões23 km · Substation / Converter
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power, March 2026 (CC BY 4.0)