Name: Via Algarviana Section 13 – Wind Farm Gravel Road
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Via Algarviana Section 13 – Wind Farm Gravel Road

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Vila Do Bispo

Via Algarviana Section 13 – Wind Farm Gravel Road

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Location: Vila Do Bispo, Algarve, Portugal

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CyclingAlgarve

February 1, 2023

The route connects two windmill parks which you can see from a great distance: the Vila Do Bispo wind farm (cap: 10.5MW) and Barao de Sao Joao wind farm (cap: 50MW)

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February 1, 2023

Wind power is a major source of electricity in Portugal. At the end of 2020, wind power capacity in Continental Portugal was 5456MW. In 2020, wind power represented 23.7% of total electricity generation in Portugal.

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February 4, 2023

In the 1960s, 11000 mills were still operating in Portugal, many of them small-scale windmills to mill flour. The Western region, concentrated the highest number of windmills of Europe. The modern wind parks use wind as did the historic flour mills, which dwindled in the 1970s

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Distance 9.97 km

Uphill 70 m

Downhill 0 m

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Max wind speed: 11.0 km/h

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Location: Vila Do Bispo, Algarve, Portugal

Via Algarviana Section 13 – Wind Farm Gravel Road

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