Purpose Power Opening date 1954 | Status Operational | |
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Official name Storfinnforsens kraftverk Similar Höljes Hydroelectric Power St, Krångede Hydroelectric Power St, Stornorrfors Hydroelectric Power St, Buttress dam, Harsprånget hydroelectric power sta | ||
Storfinnforsen Hydroelectric Power Station (Swedish: Storfinnforsens kraftverk) is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power station on the Faxälven, in Västernorrland County, Sweden.
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The power plant was operational in 1953 (or 1954). It is owned and operated by E.ON.
Dam
Storfinnforsen Dam consists of a concrete buttress dam (length 800 m) with 100 buttresses and an embankment dam (length 400 m) on the left side. There are cracks in the upstream frontplate as well as in some of the supports.
Power plant
The power plant contains 3 Francis turbine-generators. The total nameplate capacity is 112 (or 132) MW. Its average annual generation is 536 GWh. The hydraulic head is 49.5 m.
References
Storfinnforsen Hydroelectric Power Station Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA