Ponta Delgada is a town on an island in the Azores (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpõtɐ ðɛlˈɣaðɐ] (listen); lit. ‘”Thin Cape”‘) is the largest municipality (concelho) and economic capital of the Autonomous Region of the Azores in Portugal. It is located on São Miguel Island, the largest and most populous in the archipelago. The population in 2011 was 68,809,[1] in an area of 232.99 square kilometres (89.96 square miles).[2] There are 17,629 residents in the three central civil parishes that comprise the historical city: São Pedro, São Sebastião, and São José.[1] Ponta Delgada became the region’s administrative capital under the revised constitution of 1976; the judiciary and Catholic see remained on another island in the historical capital of Angra do Heroísmo while the Legislative Assembly of the Azores was established on a third island in Horta.
Power for the island is supplied by EDA RENOVAVEIS using geothermal, hydro and wind turbines. (See GeoThermal for more information on geothermal power generation)
For the year of 2018, it is expected that EDA RENOVÁVEIS will continue to achieve good results of electricity production (about 304.6 GWh), starting from exploration of endogenous resources and renewal. Total amount of energy produced, it is estimated that 207.9 GWh from the geothermal source and that 29.4 GWh and 67.3 GWh from hydro and wind origin, respectively. A production of electric energy in 2018 will provide a volume of sales of the company of the order of € 30.5 million. Pico Vermelho
