Commissioning of small hydro power plant in Istria is finished

The plant, located in a new building, is a part of the water supply system Gradole from which water the western coast of Istria is supplied. In doing so, the water is first drawn from the water treatment plant Gradole Brdo, at an altitude of 190 m, then there is the fall towards the rest of the system, and it is precisely this fall, that is the pressure difference, that is being energetically used. At the end of the pipeline there is a turbine that converts otherwise lost energy into electricity. The plant will automatically maintain a constant level of water in the water tank and regulate the flow of water to the turbine nozzle according to the consumption at the outlet of the water tank. In the period of consumption below 20 l / s (night hours and in winter) the turbine turns itself off and automatically restarts at signalling safety-minimum water level.