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Ponale Hydroelectric Power Plant () is a
Ponale Hydroelectric Power Plant () is a pumped storage plant
Pumped-storage hydroelectricity (PSH), or pumped hydroelectric energy storage (PHES), is a type of hydroelectric energy storage used by electric power systems for load balancing.
A PSH system stores energy in the form of gravitational potent ...
, located in city of Riva del Garda
Riva del Garda (''Rìva'' in local dialect) is a town and ''comune'' in the northern Italian province of Trento of the Trentino Alto Adige region. It is also known simply as ''Riva'' and is located at the northern tip of Lake Garda.
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in the Italian
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province of Trentino
Trentino (), officially the Autonomous Province of Trento (; ; ), is an Autonomous province#Italy, autonomous province of Italy in the Northern Italy, country's far north. Trentino and South Tyrol constitute the Regions of Italy, region of Tren ...
, on River Ponale
The Ponale is a river originating in Lake Ledro (Lago di Ledro) in Trentino, Northern Italy.
The river first passes Molina di Ledro, Prè di Ledro and Biacesa, there feeding a fish farm. Starting from Biacesa the Ponale enters a steep canyon, a ...
between Lake Ledro
Lago di Ledro is a lake in Trentino, northern Italy. The lake is at an elevation of , and its surface area is .
Lake Ledro is reputed to be one of the cleanest lakes in Trentino, and during the summer it reaches a temperature of , attracting touri ...
and Lake Garda
Lake Garda (, , or , ; ; ) is the largest lake in Italy. It is a popular holiday location in northern Italy, between Brescia and Milan to the west, and Verona and Venice to the east. The lake cuts into the edge of the Eastern Alps, Italian Alp ...
. Its output capability is 76MW.
The station was built in 1928-1929 and, following rework of the pipes, underwent overhaul in 1998.
From Lake Ledro, the water is ducted several kilometers to penstocks
A penstock is a sluice or gate or intake structure that controls water flow, or an enclosed pipe that delivers water to hydro turbines and sewerage systems. The term is of Scots origin, and was inherited from the earlier technology of mill ponds ...
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.
The station is known by the world record in high-rise concrete pumping during the reconstruction in 1994. The achieved record was 532m.; it was beaten only during construction of Burj Khalifa
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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.
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Energy infrastructure completed in 1929 Buildings and structures in Trentino Hydroelectric power stations in Italy Pumped-storage hydroelectric power stations in Italy {{hydroelectric-power-plant-stub