Is a Dam in Rural Portugal a Key to Our Alternative Energy Future?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

72% : "This was quite an exceptional project," said Martin Burdett, news editor of the International Journal on Hydropower and Dams.
62% : Tapping a reservoir and using its water to spin underground turbines allows engineers to create renewable energy on demand.
61% : Hundreds of billions of dollars are being spent across the globe on solar energy and wind power.
60% : Iberdrola executives say plans by governments in Europe and elsewhere to increase wind and solar energy mean more demand for facilities like the one on the Tâmega.
60% : Despite this, the Tâmega project won a seal of approval from the European Investment Bank, the lending arm of the European Union, which has provided a €650 million loan.
59% : Mr. Burdett, of the International Journal on Hydropower and Dams, said existing hydroelectric plants would be modernized to conserve water.
57% : It is also providing an answer to one of the most vexing questions facing renewable energy.
57% : Pumped storage plants can also provide, in essence, energy insurance to install even more sources of clean power generation, aiding the effort to tackle climate change, analysts say.
45% : While these technologies churn out electric power free of greenhouse gas emissions, they generate an energy stream that is less steady than a traditional power plant fueled by coal, natural gas or a nuclear reaction.

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