Opening date 1978 Total capacity 2,584 million m³ Operator Varanger Kraft | Impounds Paatsjoki River Opened 1978 Impound Paatsjoki | |
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Location Sør-Varanger, Finnmark
Norway Similar Skogfoss hydroelectric station, Øvre Pasvik National, Sima Hydroelectric Power St, Three‑Country Cairn, Nurek Dam | ||
Melkefoss power station is a hydro electric dam on the Paatsjoki river in the Sør-Varanger municipality in Finnmark, Norway.
Map of Melkefoss hydroelectric station, 9925 Svanvik, Norway
The power station, which is owned by Pasvik Kraft, makes use of a fall of 10 meters in the river. Although the power station is located on a river, Lake Inari is regulated as storage for all of the power stations in the drainage basin. The dam has one installed Kaplan turbine, yielding 26 Megawatts. Mean yearly production at the dam is 129 Gigawatt hours.
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