5.2. Portalegre power plant
Within the Portuguese government goal of increasing the
installed capacity for electricity production from biomass resources
on 100 MWin 2010 [33], Alto Alentejo's regionwas positioned as a
candidate to receive a biomass power plant, which would require a
local supply of biomass. The proposed solution included a
centralized unit with a nominal power of 9 MW to be placed in a
batch located in the surroundings of Alto Alentejo's capital, Portalegre
(see Fig. 8).