Based on our expertise in the field of designing and managing construction work, we offer a consultancy service:

• In the projection and managing operations;
• In the evaluation of plant and projects;
• Assistance with the application for authorisation, incentives and funding;
• Evaluation of energy production;
• Management and plant maintenance;
• Testing finished projects;

• Monitoring production with specific in-house software.

Our proud boast is to support and promote projects geared to a rational utilisation of water resources, not just in the general interest but, even more importantly, in the interests of environmental protection.

The different types of plant depend on the characteristics of the water source and the way this is captured and fed into the turbine.

• Micro hydroelectricity (up to 100kW)
• Mini hydroelectricity (from 100kW to 1MW)

Thus, depending on the power installed, the plants with a power of less than 100kW are categorised as micro hydroelectricity, while those plants producing between 100 and 1000kW are categorised as mini hydroelectricity.

Construction of the aforementioned plants is obviously quite different from larger power stations as there is no need for massive civil engineering works, hence the environmental impact is limited; moreover, the bureaucratic procedures involved in obtaining authorisation are both simpler and quicker. Indeed, micro plants are not even required to enrol in the register for annual quotas for subsidised energy. Furthermore, they guarantee rapid returns on investment.

The hydraulic turbines available on the market today, available in a vast range of sizes and models, allow the user to produce electric energy with small amounts of water (even with 0.5 litres per second) and falls of just a few metres.

The fall and the amount of water are the basic criteria for plant size, i.e. for the choice of the turbine power, which in turn depends on what the electricity produced is to be used for (home consumption or for sale to the grid).