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 Ponte Piazzolo

Introduction
The plant and its outbuildings were built in the 1950s. The main equipment at this plant includes:

  • intake structure with Ponte dell’Acqua dam
  • conduit under pressure
  • powerhouse with turbines, generators and control boards.


    Technical Information

    Plant scheme dam
    Region Lombardia
    Municipality Olmo al Brembo (BG)
    River Brembo
    Installed capacity 6.000 kW
    Average Flow 565 l/s
    Head 609,15 m
    Turbines 2 horizontal Pelton (Tosi) (3.000 kW each)
    Commissioning 1950
    Italcementi Acquisition 1950


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    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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