Status Operational Operator SEV | Installed capacity 3.3 MW | |
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Official name Elektrisitetsverkið í Botni Commission date 18 July 1921 (1921-07-18) Turbines 1 X 1.1 MW Pelton-type
1 X 2.2 MW Pelton-type Similar Beinisvørð, Akraberg, Nólsoy | ||
Botnur power plant (Faroese: Elektrisitetsverkið í Botni) is a hydroelectric power station supplying the Faroe Islands island of Suðuroy with electricity. It is located to the north of Vágur. Botnur was the first hydroelectric plant built in the Faroes.
Map of Botnur power plant, V%C3%A1gur, Faroe Islands
The plant was built by the municipality of Vágur. It became operational on 18 July 1921. In 1960, the plant was acquired by SEV from Suðuroyar Elverk.
The plant is equipped with one 1.1 MW Pelton turbine, commissioned in 1965, and one 2.2 MW Francis turbine, commissioned in 1966. The Pelton turbine is supplied by water from the Ryskivatn lake, and the Fransis turbine is supplied from the Vatnsnes lake (Vatnsnesvatn). Botnur is an unmanned plant; it is operated from the Vágsverkið (also called Heimaru Oyrar) power plant.