Still in times of monarchy, by order of D. Carlos I, at 1921 in Lindoso was built the 1st portuguese hydroelectric with a flow of 7,000 liters / second.

 Later, at 1992, it was replaced by the Alto Lindoso dam, one of the most productive dam of the europe and the most of portugal (610 MW), with a flow of 3,500,000 liters / second.