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The project
Isola Palanzano hydroelectric power plant
The Isola di Palanzano hydroelectric power plant is located in the municipality of Palanzano (Parma) and is part of the plants located on the river rod of the Enza River and the Cedra Stream. The shaft consists of four cascade hydroelectric plants and 3 upstream dams. Isola Palanzano is the third and penultimate plant in order of use of the water resource, as well as the largest and most productive.
Two Pelton - Alternator horizontal axis turbine units are installed in the power plant, and a 132 KV transformer station is located close to the building.
Technology
Hydroelectric
Status
Operational
Power
15.6 MVA
Number of production groups
2
Energy production:
34.6 GWh annually*
*on a 35-year basis
CO2 emissions avoided
12,850 households per year
Energy needs met
22,500 tons /year
Operating Capacity
12 MW
Timeline
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Impact on local communities
The Isola Palanzano Power Plant has been crucial to the development of the area: increasing employment in the surrounding areas has been a driving force for the establishment of many mountain resorts.
Isola Palanzano played a key role not only in the national electrical system but also during World War II as a strategic base for the Allies. Equipped with vast and numerous rooms, with a warm temperature even in winter, but above all provided with a telephone connection to the different provinces of the Apennines, it was also an ideal place for British Major Charles Holland and his deputy Michael Tyler, supported by central chief Giuseppe Zucchellini. The stations had their own telephone line, in times when connections were extremely difficult and precarious, and the one in Isola was connected to Bosco and Marra (in the municipality of Corniglio), Rigoso and Rimagna (in the municipality of Monchio), Selvanizza (in the municipality of Palanzano), Ligonchio, Aulla and La Spezia because the lines supplied electricity to the military arsenal at the naval shipyards.