During one of my MTB rides at the Cancano lakes I stumbled into this beatifull dam which is part of the A2A Hydro power of Valtellina : 8 hydro power plants from cancano lakes down to Stazzona near Tirano using water coming from the Adda river and from other 4 different basins :
- San Giacomo : 10MW
- Braulio : 19 MW
- Premadio : 226 MW
- Grosio : 428 MW
- Grosotto/Boscaccia : 13 MW
- Lovero 49 MW
- Stazzona : 30 MW
Adda river continues is ride down to Po river and in the mean time produces some other Hydro power in 4 hydro power plants that have been sold to EDF :
- Bertini : 12,5MW
- Taccani : 11 MW
- Semenza : 7 MW
- Esterle : 32 MW
and then into some other small powerplants :
- Rusca : 7 MW
- Italgen Vaprio : 21 MW
- Crespi (Adda Energia) : No data
- Adda S.Anna : No data
- Fara : 1 MW
- Muzza : 2,5 MW
- Maleo : 4,5 MW
- Pizzighettone : 3 MW
A total of around 900 MW of clean, renewable, hydroelectric power!