Power plant · Lombardy, Italy

Roncovalgrande Power Plant

Roncovalgrande Power Plant is a pumped storage power plant in Lombardy, Italy, with 1,000 MW of capacity.

Facts

Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.

FactValueSource
Name in the sourceRONCOVALGRANDEJRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
LocationLombardyJRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
StatusOperating (commissioned)JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Start year1973JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Start year1968Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity1,000 MWJRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
TechnologyPumped hydro storage (registered as Hydro Pumped Storage)JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
TechnologyPumped hydro storageWikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
EIC code26WIMPI-S03RNCVSJRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates46.0700, 8.7340JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026

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Also recorded as

3 sources record Roncovalgrande; this page joins their facts, each with its own source. Links to any of the records lead here. How records are matched.

Name in the sourceIdentifierSourceMatched on
RONCOVALGRANDEasset:eic:26WIMPI-S03RNCVSJRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN)—
Roncovalgrande Hydroelectric Plantasset:wikidata:Q14646095WikidataSame name, coordinates and capacity
RONCOVALGRANDEasset:opsd:26WIMPI-S03RNCVSOpen Power System Data: conventional power plants (Europe)Same ENTSO-E EIC code

How it compares

Roncovalgrande is the 5th-largest of 80 power plants in Lombardy and the 20th-largest of 869 in Italy by capacity; its 1,000 MW is 1% of the 99,204 MW we hold for Italy. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.

WithinRankTotalShare
Lombardy5th of 8015,378 MW6.5%
Italy20th of 86999,204 MW1%
All power plants in our data445th of 12,2301,691,896 MW<0.1%

Timeline

Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.

  1. Started operating
  2. Started operating

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 2 AI supercomputers, 1 CO2 emitter (447,721 tCO2e) and 1 processing plant, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Alps Supercomputer Phase 1AI supercomputer—Operating18 km
Alps Supercomputer Phase 2AI supercomputer10,752 H100eOperating18 km
CaravateCO2 emitter447,721 tCO2e—21 km
REW-ITA green HUB: Recovery of Wolfram: Italian Technology Advanced green HubProcessing plant——44 km

Place

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