The plant is situated in Valmasino (Sondrio) in Northern Italy. Its 10 Mw output capacity produces an impressive 24.000.000 Kwh/year. The plant has attracted great attention from both an electro-mechanical and architectural point of view. The water intake, at a height of 1400 mt above sea level, comes directly from glaciers, the highest of which towers some 3678 mt above sea level.