UNLEASH MICROHYDRO POTENTIAL IN EUROPE. RESTOR Hydro Project in Italy: looking for old mills! RESTOR Hydro Iulca Collevecchio APER.

UNLEASH MICROHYDRO POTENTIAL IN EUROPE

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.

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The RESTOR Hydro MAP

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]