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 Chiesa 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.

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