Edolo Pumped Storage Plant

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.

The lower reservoir is located in Edolo on the north bank of the Oglio. It was created by a circular dike and stores water for pumping. Of the lower reservoir's 14,000,000 m3 (11,350 acre·ft) storage capacity, 12,790,000 m3 (10,369 acre·ft) can be used for pumping. It is located at an elevation of 655 m (2,149 ft).