PORTUGAL- EDA
Azores Electricity (EDA – Electricidade dos Açores)
Azores Electricity, EDA – Electricidade dos Açores (EDA) is a limited liability company, created by the Regional Government of Azores in 1981. The Autonomous Region of Azores has the majority of the share capital of the company, with a stake of 50,1%.
The main activities of EDA are the generation, acquisition, transmission, distribution and commercialization of electric power in the nine islands of Azores. The Regional Government of Azores granted a concession to EDA, for a period of 50 years, starting on 12th of October 2000, for the transmission and distribution of electric power in the Autonomous Region of Azores and also for the management of the electric system.
EDA is the parent company of a group of companies with the purpose of generation of electric power in the Autonomous Region of Azores. EDA RENOVÁVEIS and GEOTERCEIRA (both companies majority owned by EDA) are responsible for the production of electric power through the collection and transformation of geothermic heat. EDARENOVÁVEIS has two power plants in the island of S. Miguel with an installed capacity of 23MW. GEOTERCEIRA was created in 2000 with the purpose of establishing a geothermal power plant in the island of Terceira. There is a concession agreement granted by the Autonomous Region of Azores to EDA RENOVÁVEIS, on an exclusive basis, for the exploitation of geothermal resources in the Municipality of Ribeira Grande in the Island of São Miguel. The term of the concession is 25 years, having started on 14th of July 1995. There is a concession agreement granted from the Autonomous Region of Azores to GEOTERCEIRA, on an exclusive basis, for the exploration and research in the geothermal field of Pico Alto in the Island of Terceira.
Lead person:
Ms. Matilde Cunha- responsible in EDA for EU funding programmes. She is EDA's coordinator for the GAIa Programme – Geothermal Azores Iceland under the European Economic Area FinancialMechanism 2009-2014. She has been working with EDA since 1991.
