Ponale Hydroelectric Power Plant

45°52′59.29″N 10°50′16.92″E

Ponale Hydroelectric Power Plant (Italian: Centrale idroelettrica del Ponale) is a pumped storage plant, located in city of Riva del Garda in the Italian province of Trentino, on River Ponale between Lake Ledro and Lake Garda.[1] Its output capability is 76MW.[2]

The station was built in 1928-1929[3] and, following rework of the pipes, underwent overhaul in 1998.[1]

From Lake Ledro, the water is ducted several kilometers to penstocks at a point (close to the Chiesetta di Santa Barbara) almost directly above the power station buildings and machinery at Riva del Garda; from here it falls on a gradient approaching 3:1 to the turbines.[4][5]

The station is known by the world record in high-rise concrete pumping during the reconstruction in 1994. The achieved record was 532m.[2]

During construction of the plant, there was discovered the remains of a Bronze Age pile-dwelling village (over 10 000 piles) on the east of the Lake Ledro.[6]

See also
  • "3D model of the station". Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
  • "Photos of the plant". Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2017.

References
  1. "Hydroelectric Power Plants in Northern Italy - other". Archived from the original on 1 July 2012.
  2. "High-rise concrete pumping to 532m - New world record for PM 0 Riva del Garda power station - 2nd June 1994" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2010.; it was beaten only during construction of Burj Khalifa
  3. "The world's pumped storage plants.(hydroelectric power)". No. January 1, 2003. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011.
  4. Photo: "Ponale Hydroelectric Power Plant Pipeline" tripadvisor.com, accessed 6 May 2019
  5. Contour Map Showing Power Station, 'Strada Condotta ENEL' and Chiesa di Santa Barbara openstreetmap.org, accessed 6 May 2019
  6. "Molina di Ledro".


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