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 Vaprio d'Adda

Introduction
The plant and its outbuildings were built in the 1940s-1950s. The main equipment at this plant includes:

  • intake structure and its weir
  • channel in tunnel
  • powerhouse with turbines, generators and control boards.

Technical Information

Plant scheme run of river
Region Lombardia
Municipality Vaprio d’Adda (MI)
River Adda
Installed capacity 20.900 kW
Average Flow 91.900 l/s
Head 16,75 m
Turbines 2 Kaplan with vertical axis (Tosi)
Commissioning 1951
Italcementi Acquisition 1956

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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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