Grandaços
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| Region : | Alentejo | |||||
| Sub-region : | Baixo Alentejo | |||||
| District : | Be yes | |||||
| Concelho : | Ourique | |||||
| Freguesia : | Ourique | |||||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 40 ′ N , 8 ° 11 ′ W | |||||
Grandaços is a village in southern Portugal , in the Baixo Alentejo region . The village has about 200 inhabitants and belongs to the municipality ( freguesia ) and district ( concelho ) of Ourique in the district of Beja .
geography
Grandaços is located between the small town of Castro Verde to the east and Ourique to the west .
economy
Grandaços became famous in 2017 when the Portuguese company Prosolia installed the Centro Solar Fotovoltaica Ourikal solar system there with an output of 46 MW . The system involved an investment of around 35 million euros and is the first large-scale solar system in Europe to be financed without public subsidies.
Attractions
Some sacred buildings can be seen in the village, especially the village church and a listed prayer niche at the entrance to the village.
traffic
Grandaços is on the IP2 (here also European route 802 ), about one and a half kilometers west of the Autoestrada A2 (exit no. 12, Castro Verde).
The nearest railway access is in Garvão , about 20 km to the west , where the Linha do Sul railway passes. Until the section was closed in 2012, the train station in Ourique, located about 10 km to the north, was also a stop on the Linha do Alentejo railway line .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ourique: First large solar plant in Europe was born in the country , article from September 16, 2017 at Lidador Notícias, accessed on June 2, 2018
- ↑ Prosolia starts work on 46MW unsubsidised solar project in Portugal , article from August 24, 2017 on www.pv-tech.org, accessed on June 2, 2018
- ↑ Entry on the village church of Grandaços on www.allaboutportugal.pt, accessed on June 2, 2018
- ↑ entry of Oratório em Grandaços in the Portuguese monument list SIPA, accessed on 2 June 2018