Estremoz – Alandroal double line

Status Establishment licence

Start Jan 2020

End Dec 2025

REN

Estremoz – Alandroal double line

Project Goals

  • Creating the necessary grid conditions for the electrical supply of the Évora – Elvas/Caia railway section, a priority railway axis of the Strategic Plan for Transport and Infrastructure – FERROVIA 2020.
  • Establishing an aerial connection between the Estremoz substation and the new Alandroal substation, which is part of the project to construct a new railway connection between Évora and the Railway East Line (Évora Norte – Elvas/Caia), managed by IP – Infraestruturas de Portugal, incorporated within the Southern International Corridor.
  • Enabling the flow of the production of photovoltaic energy, which has been of increasing interest to promoters for the development of new photovoltaic power plant projects.
  • Helping to meet the renewable energy targets set out in the Portuguese National Energy and Climate Plan 2030 (to accommodate new renewable generation).

Phases of the project

  • Environmental study: May 2021
  • Public consultation: 18 August to 28 September 2023
  • Environmental Impact Statement: November 2023
  • Establishment licence: May 2024
  • Contact with landowners: ----
  • Construction: ----
  • Completion of the project: ----

Planned infrastructures

  • Estremoz – Alandroal double line

Location

  • Estremoz

São Domingos de Ana Loura
Union of the Parishes of São Lourenço de Mamporcão e São Bento de Ana Loura

  • Borba

Borba (Matriz)
Orada

  • Vila Viçosa

Cilada

  • Elvas

Union of the Parishes of Terrugem e Vila Boim

  • Alandroal

Union of the Parishes of Terrugem e Vila Boim
Union of the Parishes of Alandroal (Nossa Senhora da Conceição, São Brás dos Matos (Mina do Bugalho), e Juromenha (Nossa Senhora do Loreto)


Technical Data Sheet

  • Voltage level: 400 kV
  • Approximate length: 32 kilometres
  • Number of supports: 84 new supports
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