10/02/2011 (Agence Europe) - €300 million loan for EDP. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a €300 million loan to Energias de Portugal, SA (EDP) for the re-powering of two existing pumped storage hydropower plants: the Alqueva plant on the Guadiana River in the southeast of Portugal; and the Venda Nova plant on the Cávado River in the north of Portugal. For Alqueva, the project will more than double installed capacity and for Venda Nova, it will more than treble installed...