“A facility like this one on Portugal’s Tâmega River stores energy in the form of water when the wind is blowing hard or on sunny days, and then lets it flow, generating electricity and causing the water level in the upper reservoir to fall, when energy is less abundant and more expensive,” according to the Times.
Portugal wants to exploit its lithium reserves. But at what cost to the environment? | Euronews
June 9, 2023
Covas do Barroso, a village of just over 100 residents, could become home to the largest lithium mine in Western Europe, according to Euronews. Related: I love electric vehicles –
