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Hydropower plants
Italcementi Group has been generating hydropower from hydraulic sources since the early 20th Century.
Today Italgen, an Italcementi Group company, owns 14 hydroelectric power plants located in northern Italy and especially in Lombardy, Veneto and Piedmont. Plants are of two types: run-of-river (exploiting the stream flow directly) or dam (which use a reservoir placed upstream of the power plant from which the required water flow is channeled). Hydropower plants are a fundamental asset for Italgen from both a production and an artistic/architectural viewpoint. Hydropower power contributes to sustainable energy development.
 
 Lombardia

1) Vaprio D'Adda
2) Mazzunno
3) Palazzolo sull'Oglio
4) Ponte Piazzolo
5) Olmo al Brembo
6) San Giovanni Bianco
7) Dezzo
8) Ponte dell'Acqua
9) Ponte Nembro
10) Comenduno

 Piemonte

1) Borgo San Dalmazzo
2) Roccavione

Veneto

1) Serravalle
2) Sant'Andrea
Glossary
Hydropower plant
"The operating principle of a hydropower plant is very simple: suitably devised turbines convert the potential energy of water falling from higher elevations downstream through streams, channels, and watercourses, into electric energy. Therefore, hydropower relies primarily on rainwater."

kW kilowatt
l/s Litres per second
m metre
MWh Megawatt hour
m3 cubic metre
a.s.l. above sea level
kVA kilovoltampere
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Certificazione del Sistema Qualità ISO 9001
Certificazione Ambientale ISO 14001
 
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