Edolo Pumped Storage Plant | |
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Country | Italy |
Location | Edolo |
Coordinates | 46°10′15″N 10°20′52″E / 46.17083°N 10.34778°E |
Status | Operational |
Opening date | 1984/1985 |
Owner(s) | ENEL |
Upper reservoir | |
Creates | Lake Avio/Benedetto |
Total capacity | 21,240,000 m3 (17,220 acre⋅ft), 17,040,000 m3 (13,815 acre⋅ft) (active)[1] |
Lower reservoir | |
Creates | Edolo Lower |
Total capacity | 1,400,000 m3 (1,135 acre⋅ft), 1,279,000 m3 (1,037 acre⋅ft) (active) |
Power Station | |
Pump-generators | 8 x 125 MW Francis pump-turbines |
Installed capacity | 1,000 MW |
Annual generation | 737 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.