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TORBOLE

Hydro power plant in Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. Approximate location 45.8695, 10.8756.

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TORBOLE is a 110 MW hydro power station in Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. Based on reported annual generation of 164 GWh, it can supply roughly 46,742 homes. It ranks #129 of 441 Italy power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 15.8% of Italy's electricity; the national grid averages 285 gCO₂/kWh (48.8% low-carbon) (2025).

110MW installed capacity
164GWh reported / yr
46,742homes powered

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1002967.

Reported generation trend

2015: 249 GWh20152016: 270 GWh20162017: 164 GWh2017270 GWh

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Local climate & thermal context

This hydro plant converts the energy of falling or flowing water through hydro turbines. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 45.9°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

8.5°Cannual mean temp
3,469heating degree-days (base 18°C)
6cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
976 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 0 °CJF: 0 °CFM: 4 °CMA: 7 °CAM: 12 °CMJ: 16 °CJJ: 18 °CJA: 18 °CAS: 14 °CSO: 9 °CON: 4 °CND: 0 °CD18 °C

Heating degree-days here run 41% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 75/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #39 largest hydro power plant of 58 in Italy by capacity.

Italy has 58 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 13,384 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 45.8695, 10.8756 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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