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RESTOR Hydro Project in Italy:
looking for old mills!
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Iulca CollevecchioAPER
REScoop 20-20-20: Italian National WorkshopBolzano, 8th May 2013
coordinator: ESHA
partners (11): Nettowatt (BE), HEB (SI), NTUA (GR), WIP (DE), FHE (FR), SVAF (SE), TRMEW (PL), Edora (BE), LHA (LT), APER (IT)
duration: June 2012 – June 2015
website: www.restor-hydro.eu RESTOR Hydrowww.restor-hydro.eu 3
General Info
unrealized potential for small and micro hydropower generation exists in Europe’s thousands of historic mills, water wheels, inoperative hydropower stations, weirs and other lateral structures in rivers
repowering abandoned sites results in the generation of hydroelectric power, both for local use and for injection to the European electrical grid. This simultaneously leads to increasing electricity production from renewable sources, energy independence and grid stability
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Starting points
Demonstrate the attractiveness of small hydropower as a local investment vehicle, bringing revenue to local communities and contributing to energy independence, while preserving our historical heritage and the environment.
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Generale objective
Cooperative model
cooperatives increase the bankability of restoration projects
small and micro hydropower cooperatives bring new dynamism to local communities
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Innovative approach
Mapping of the sites RESTOR Hydro Map
Implementation of restoration programmes in 8 selected target countries: Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia and Sweden.
Encouraging and sustaining the creation of SHP cooperatives
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Main tasks
is a tool which provides authoritative information on the hydropower potential of historic sites, covering the entire EU-27 region.
it enables to identify the location and outline the characteristics of up to 50,000 sites, facilitating project development
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The RESTOR Hydro MAP
http://www.restor-hydro.eu/tools/mills-map
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HYDI database
RESTOR Hydro enhances the Stream Map project, which gathers detailed energy, market and policy data into the HYDI (Hydro Data Initiative) central database, which is free of access to the public.
The RESTOR Hydro project benefits from the information collected within the HYDI database; at the same time it contributes to the Stream Map initiative, providing detailed mapping of historic sites with high micro hydropower potential in the EU.
guidelines on how to establish small and micro hydropower cooperatives with a community shares ownership
guidelines for SHP refurbishment (technical aspects, administrative issues, financing opportunities)
update of Stream Map project HYDI database (energy, policy, market) RESTOR Hydrowww.restor-hydro.eu 11
Other deliverables
So far:
≈ 500 mills mapped!
≈ 10 possible sites for restoration programs identified
involvment of environmental associations (Legambiente), small HP companies spacialized in mills restoration and cooperatives (Retenergie)
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Italy!
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Italy!
Looking for OLD MILLS campaign: Help us to find and map old mills and other sites!
Thank you!
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Contact:
Iulca Collevecchio & Sara Gollessi
APER – Associazione Produttori Energia
Rinnovabile
www.aper.it – [email protected]