Tejo Power Station
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The Tejo Power Station was a thermoelectric power plant owned by the Companhias Reunidas de Gás e Electricidade, which supplied power to the city and entire Lisbon region.
Tejo Power Station seen from the Tagus River (Rio Tejo).
Musealised AEG alternator in the Machinery Room.
Electric power
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Electric power is the rate of transfer of electrical energy within a circuit. Its SI unit is the watt, the general unit of power, defined as one joule per second. Standard prefixes apply to watts as w
Tejo Power Station
…interruption between 1951 and 1968, except for in 1961. In 1972, as follow-up to an attempt against the Salazar regime, high voltage lines carrying electric power to Lisbon from the Castelo do Bode hydroelectric station were pulled down, and the Tejo Power Station was once again reactivated, producing electricity…
Electric power is transmitted by overhead lines like these, and also through underground high-voltage cables.
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