Edolo Pumped Storage Plant

Edolo Pumped Storage Plant
The lower Edolo reservoir seen in Edolo just left of the Oglio River; power plant near the top-left
CountryItaly
LocationEdolo
Coordinates46°10′15″N 10°20′52″E / 46.17083°N 10.34778°E / 46.17083; 10.34778
StatusOperational
Opening date1984/1985
Owner(s)ENEL
Upper reservoir
CreatesLake Avio/Benedetto
Total capacity21,240,000 m3 (17,220 acre⋅ft),
17,040,000 m3 (13,815 acre⋅ft) (active)[1]
Lower reservoir
CreatesEdolo Lower
Total capacity1,400,000 m3 (1,135 acre⋅ft),
1,279,000 m3 (1,037 acre⋅ft) (active)
Power Station
Pump-generators8 x 125 MW Francis pump-turbines
Installed capacity1,000 MW
Annual generation737 GWh

The Edolo Pumped Storage Plant is located along the Oglio River just downstream of Edolo, Brescia Province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Using the pumped-storage hydroelectric method, it has an installed capacity of 1,000 megawatts (1,300,000 hp). Its generators were commissioned between April 1984 and November 1985.[2] Lake Avio was previously completed in 1929 and Lake Benedetto completed in 1940.

  1. ^ "Edolo Plant". IPSIA Luigi SETTEMBRINI. Archived from the original on 12 May 2006. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Edolo, Italy". Voith Hydro. Retrieved 27 January 2012.