The project, which is backed by a group of investors including Luxembourgenergy supplier Enovos and Portuguese science and arts funding body theCalouste Gulbenkian Foundation, is being built in Alcoutim by developer Luz-Onand Electricidade Industrial Portuguesa.

Theinstallation is made up of 82 SoitecConcentrix CPV modules, which uses a focusing technology involving a Fresnellens and an anti-reflective bottom plate on which high-performance cells aremounted, boosting incoming sunlight by a factor of 500.

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