Overview
- Welly Red srl filed for VIA screening on December 12, 2025, and Friuli Venezia Giulia opened the evaluation file in early February 2026, with no permits yet issued.
- The design would intercept water from the residual lake discharge just below the Vajont dam in Erto e Casso, route it through in‑mountain works, and return it to the torrent.
- Project documents cite a nominal capacity near 1.8 megawatts and annual output of about 13.3 gigawatt‑hours, with an estimated €12 million investment and reported revenues around €1.66 million per year.
- Erto e Casso’s mayor Antonio Carrara backs the plan as compensation for the host community, while Longarone’s mayor Roberto Padrin opposes it as a matter of respect and calls for public consultation.
- The review revives an idea first floated in 1996 and unfolds in a landscape defined by the 1963 disaster that destroyed Longarone and killed roughly 1,900 people, with further consultations and environmental checks still to come.