Cushman & Wakefield announces that it was responsible for leasing a plot of approximately 8,500 sq.m to Iberdrola | BP pulse at Lisboa Park – Lisbon North Logistics Park (PLLN) The leased space will be used for the installation of ultra-fast charging points for electric vehicles The Joint Venture is the result of a strategic alliance between Iberdrola a prominent player in the global energy market aimed at driving and realizing the transition to sustainable mobility and the electrification of transport in the Iberian Peninsula Country Manager of Iberdrola | BP pulse in Portugal “it is essential to expand access to charging stations for everyone to achieve our main goal of supporting the transition to more sustainable mobility This future installation at Lisbon North Logistics Park is strategic in making fast and ultra-fast public charging more accessible and closer to all citizens.” Lisbon North Logistics Park is located 20 minutes from Lisbon with direct passenger rail connections and only 15 minutes from Lisbon International Airport the main Portuguese axis connecting Lisbon and Porto the distribution axes of the Lisbon metropolitan area Cushman & Wakefield represents Abreu Logistics in the leasing of a logistics warehouse with approximately 19,500 sq.m in Palmela Miguel Sena • 29/04/2025 has started marketing the Castilho 26 office building in Lisbon Miguel Sena • 11/04/2025 A Padaria Portuguesa has just opened its second store in downtown Invicta Miguel Sena • 07/04/2025 Ports face huge challenges in a changing world They used to simply be places for loading and unloading cargo and passengers but over time port activities have expanded to include industrial operations and residents now demand space for leisure and other essentials increasing pressure on port infrastructure social and governance (ESG) requirements are becoming more and more stringent—particularly the reduction of ports’ carbon footprints—and must be incorporated into their business models the Port of Lisbon—located in the centre of the most densely populated metropolitan area in Portugal bordering 11 municipalities—must reconcile these challenges of decarbonisation and the integration of urban areas Concerns about the environment and the climate crisis are compelling society to take measures to tackle pollution Ports must become more sustainable and act as business centres promoting activities to support a net-zero economy In the context of international and European initiatives under way to mitigate and adapt to climate change such as the International Maritime Organisation’s Greenhouse Gas Strategy to reduce emissions from ships ports require a systematic approach to ESG issues For this reason the Port of Lisbon joined the UN Global Compact at the end of 2022 and committed to aligning the port’s strategy with the Global Compact’s ten principles and the UN Sustainable Development Goals In the near future the Port of Lisbon is particularly focused on energy and the digital transition To reduce CO2 emissions and improve air quality in areas surrounding the port They are investing in the modernisation of the Alcântara Container Terminal including retrofitting and installing new electrical equipment which is expected to reduce carbon emissions by 88% compared with the baseline including the installation of onshore power supply in cruise and cargo terminals in the eastern area of the port the improvement of inland navigation in the estuary for 30km up to Castanheira do Ribatejo (which will reduce the need for transporting cargo by road) These projects will allow us to reduce the port’s carbon footprint and the impact of its operations on air quality the transfer of cargo transport from road to barges will reduce the number of heavy vehicles with containers on city roads between terminals in Lisbon and the logistics areas located in the north Our effort to fully integrate the port into the urban surroundings also involves revamping port areas which requires continuous collaboration with municipalities will transform an old fishing port and riverfront area into a high-quality hub for blue-economy innovation The Ocean Campus will deliver multifunctional and sustainable buildings creating an ecosystem of excellence to gather and transfer knowledge the port will also host other pilot projects to support innovation such as new technology for urban windmills We have joined the Forum Oceano to create a blue-economy accelerator that will match the port with potential pilot projects to be tested here Substantial investments are being made in environmental monitoring especially of dredging and cruise activity We plan to install a real-time monitoring system of the port environment and its energy consumption creating a digital twin which will allow us to better understand what is going on in the port and quickly take corrective action as needed To be successful we must get our partners on board We have started a pilot project with Repsol to supply the port authority maritime fleet with greener fuel We also intend to create a renewable-energy community and invite our partners to join our common effort to reduce the port’s carbon footprint we are building a road map for future investments in energy and digital transition and are seeking partnerships for research and development in these areas the Port of Lisbon envisages being a green Views or opinions expressed are those of the author and any individuals cited and do not necessarily reflect those of Economist Impact or any other member of The Economist Group Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Port of Lisbon Copyright © The Economist Newspaper Limited 2023 Portugal’s EDP has inked a deal for its largest PV project to date a 3.8MWp solar-plus-storage duo it will develop for lead acid battery and storage system maker Exide Technologies The agreement signed this week will see EDP deploy and run two PV installations powering Exide’s industrial units in Castanheira do Ribatejo and Azambuja Exide will not only source electricity from the plants but also provide them with battery energy storage systems Exide Technologies is headquartered in Milton not to be confused with India's Exide Industries which coincidentally also makes lead-acid batteries for a range of applications the plants should be operational by Q1 2020 and will feature some combined 10,000 panels across a 20,000-square-meter site Together with the solar it will utilise 70 inverters and 500kWh of Exide Technologies' Sonnenschein A600 valve-regulated lead acid industrial batteries with absorbent glass mat (AGM) fixed electrolytes “More and more companies will rely on self-generated power backed by a BESS (battery energy storage system) in years to come especially in energy-demanding sectors like manufacturing,” Exide Technologies' president for the EMEA region Stefan Stübing said is designed to produce electricity equal to the needs of over 2,000 households Excess power will be unloaded onto the grid in the summer and other low-consumption periods The 3.8MW project emerges a month after the EDP said it would work to capture the “sizeable” PV opportunity in Portugal and elsewhere, revealing a goal to install a global 2GW by 2022 the energy giant said it would back its move into solar and wind by raising €6 billion (US$6.76 billion) in fresh cash and riding the tailwinds created by policy events such as Portugal’s auctioning plans Attendees of last month’s Large Scale Solar Europe summit in Lisbon, hosted by our publisher Solar Media, heard energy state secretary João Galamba outline the upcoming tenders: 1.35GW of PV in 2019 The reaction of solar players ranged from optimism about Portugal’s potential to doubts over the grid’s readiness for the auctioning of new capacity argued the country will need energy storage and smart grids to mitigate “imbalances” as renewables come online Read today's Portuguese stories delivered to your email I recently read an article about Merlin Properties that caught my attention especially since I had met their representatives at the “Atlantic Convergence” conference earlier this month.  discussed their growing activity in the realm of data centers and their sustainability efforts located in Vila Franca de Xira near Lisbon will feature a water-free cooling system and ultra-efficient operations designed to meet the needs of generative AI and advanced computing This project marks a significant milestone in the expansion plans of Merlin Properties a promoter and operator of sustainable real estate assets in the Iberian Peninsula a global provider of sustainable data centers The construction of the campus will occur in several phases with the first unit expected to be operational by 2027 Portugal has always been a strategic market for Merlin representing a significant part of their portfolio with assets worth around 1.2 billion euros in offices as a new asset class driving the company’s growth The country benefits from a privileged location for submarine cable communications which will soon make Portugal an energy exporter In an environment that favors investment and promotes innovation Portugal is at the forefront of this type of investment next to the Castanheira do Ribatejo train station the Lisbon AI campus will have five world-class data centers designed to provide 180MW of critical power The campus is specifically designed to preserve the region’s water resources and minimize energy consumption With an industry-leading average Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of 1.15 the facilities will support intensive AI-driven workloads without any water consumption for cooling Merlin-Edged aims to increase the complex’s electrical capacity to 300 MW of critical power in the long term where reservoirs in some regions of Portugal and Spain have reached minimum levels the Lisbon campus will save about 2.7 billion liters of water per year compared to conventional data centers Merlin-Edged aims to develop data centers with a positive impact actively contributing to the rapid growth of Portugal’s digital economy which will yield significant economic results for Portuguese society and its young talents The region offers exceptional fiber connectivity with 10 intercontinental submarine cables near Lisbon along with a strong commitment to renewable energy production and sustainable design This approach aligns perfectly with the partnership’s efforts and business philosophy to combat climate change through innovation The campus will be equipped with the ThermalWorks water-free cooling system specifically designed to meet the high demands of generative AI and advanced computing The modular system can support densities of up to 70 kW per rack using air cooling and up to 200 kW per rack with plug-and-play liquid cooling integration allowing a 74% reduction in energy consumption compared to the global average PUE of 1.58 Sustainability is the fundamental principle of this project from the design and operation of the facilities to the use of ultra-clean backup energy available on-site The facilities will be equipped with Tier V generators powered by natural gas drastically reducing atmospheric emissions compared to traditional diesel generators Merlin Properties and Edged have developed a network of carbon-neutral data centers across the Iberian Peninsula The first three state-of-the-art data centers are located in Barcelona The next phase of construction for the Bilbao-Arasur campus is expected to begin later this year aiming to reach up to 300 MW of IT capacity in the long term Paulo Lopes is a multi-talent Portuguese citizen who made his Master of Economics in Switzerland and studied law at Lusófona in Lisbon - CEO of Casaiberia in Lisbon and Algarve We appreciate that not everyone can afford to pay for our services but if you are able to we ask you to support The Portugal News by making a contribution – no matter how small You can change how much you give or cancel your contributions at any time Send us your comments or opinion on this article Reaching over 400,000 people a week with news about Portugal View upcoming auction estimates and receive personalized email alerts for the artists you follow MAAT is hosting in its Gallery 1 an extensive exhibition of photographs, videos and sculptural pieces by Nicolas Floc'h (France the exhibition offers the Portuguese public enough information to get to know this artist’s body of work and deeper motivations a renowned French photographer and one of the most important international names in photography that takes the sea as its central theme is exhibiting his work in Portugal for the first time; and he takes Portugal as a theme by developing his photographic work in the Tagus Estuary and the Azores MAAT provided him with the residency that gave rise to The Colour of Water – The Tagus River – a large mural made up of 408 photographs featuring the colours of the water in this river specifically the stretch between Castanheira do Ribatejo and Bugio – and also partnered with Arquipélago – Centro de Artes Contemporâneas in the expedition that allowed the artist to record the underwater hot springs off the island of São Miguel The results are the dazzling colour scale of the river's waters and the dramatic images of seabeds stripped bare by the acidification of the archipelago's sulphurous waters While Floc'h doesn't offer his work as an explicit climate manifesto he does lead us to an ecological awareness The mysterious and disquieting beauty of his images and his obsessive recording method are in themselves powerful testimonies to the artist's conscious attention to the delicate balance of marine ecosystems and to how we should relate to them both objectively and poetically Exide Technologies and energy provider EDP go live with a solar-plus lead-acid battery installation at its Portuguese battery production facility The system in Castanheira do Ribatejo uses a bank of Sonnenschein gel batteries providing 500kWh of storage that allows for “greater control and self-consumption of energy” The batteries were manufactured in Exide’s European production facilities The gel technology uses a tubular plate design and offers protection against deep discharge.  Stored solar power will be used at night and in reduced sunlight to reduce the plant’s emissions and dependence on the grid The two new installations contain approximately 11,250 photovoltaic panels and 70 invertors which would produce enough energy to supply over 1,500 homes.  and worked closely with Exide on the energy storage component.  said: “Our Castanheira plant is one of the largest installations of its kind and shows what can be achieved by combining solar with high-performance energy storage technology.  “More companies will rely on storage-backed self-generated power in the years ahead and we are excited to be at the forefront of this trend Our Sonnenschein A600 gel battery technology is extremely capable in this application.” All the latest on Batteries & Energy Storage Technology The Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) released a report forecasting a growth in electric vehicle (EV) market share over the next decade Find a wealth of information on the energy storage and battery industries with BEST Magazine From all the latest news to in-depth technical articles we have everything you need in print and online All the latest news and articles on Batteries & Energy Storage Technology Copyright 2025 © Energy Storage Publishing Ltd