UNLEASH MICROHYDRO POTENTIAL IN EUROPE
RESTOR Hydro Project in Italy:
looking for old mills!
Iulca Collevecchio
APER
REScoop 20-20-20: Italian National Workshop
Bolzano, 8th May 2013
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General Info
 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
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Starting points
 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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Generale objective
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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Innovative approach
 Cooperative model
 cooperatives increase the bankability of
restoration projects
 small and micro hydropower cooperatives
bring new dynamism to local communities
Win-win strategy!
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Main tasks
 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
cooperatives
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sustaining
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the
creation
of
SHP
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The RESTOR Hydro MAP
 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
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
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Other deliverables
 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)
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Italy!
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!
Looking for OLD
MILLS campaign:
Help us to find and map old
mills and other sites!
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Thank you!
Contact:
Iulca Collevecchio & Sara Gollessi
APER – Associazione Produttori Energia Rinnovabile
www.aper.it – info@aper.it
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