Ponale Hydroelectric Power Plant
Ponale Hydroelectric Power Plant (Italian: Centrale idroelettrica del Ponale) is a pumped storage plant, located in city of Riva del Garda in the Italian province of Trentino, on River Ponale between Lake Ledro and Lake Garda. Its output capability is 76MW.
The station was built in 1928-1929 and, following rework of the pipes, underwent overhaul in 1998.
From Lake Ledro, the water is ducted several kilometers to penstocks at a point (close to the Chiesetta di Santa Barbara) almost directly above the power station buildings and machinery at Riva del Garda; from here it falls on a gradient approaching 3:1 to the turbines.
The station is known by the world record in high-rise concrete pumping during the reconstruction in 1994. The achieved record was 532m.
During construction of the plant, there was discovered the remains of a Bronze Age pile-dwelling village (over 10 000 piles) on the east of the Lake Ledro.
See also
- "3D model of the station". Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
- "Photos of the plant". Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
References
- ^ "Hydroelectric Power Plants in Northern Italy - other". Archived from the original on 27 January 2013.
- ^ "High-rise concrete pumping to 532m - New world record for PM 0 Riva del Garda power station - 2nd June 1994" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2010.; it was beaten only during construction of Burj Khalifa
- ^ "The world's pumped storage plants.(hydroelectric power)". No. January 1, 2003. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011.
- ^ Photo: "Ponale Hydroelectric Power Plant Pipeline" tripadvisor.com, accessed 6 May 2019
- ^ Contour Map Showing Power Station, 'Strada Condotta ENEL' and Chiesa di Santa Barbara openstreetmap.org, accessed 6 May 2019
- ^ "Molina di Ledro".
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