Wind power in Portugal

The 240 MW Alto Minho Wind Farm in the Viana do Castelo district became fully operational in November, 2008 when Portugal's Economy Minister Manuel Pinho inaugurated it.

[13] The wind farm will produce 552 GWh annually, avoiding 370,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions.

[16] As of 2023 there were no commercial offshore wind parks in operation although interest had been shown by a number of companies to develop the industry.

[17] Portugal has 2 MW of experimental offshore capacity[9] in the floating wind turbine WindFloat near the Aguçadoura Wave Farm in Póvoa de Varzim.

It achieved successful testing, and it was transferred to Viana do Castelo in 2016 with planned expansion and renamed Windfloat Atlantic, and the Póvoa de Varzim site will foster a new technology.