Storfinnforsen Hydroelectric Power Station

Storfinnforsen Hydroelectric Power Station
Location of Storfinnforsen Hydroelectric Power Station in Sweden
Official name Storfinnforsens kraftverk
Location Västernorrland County, Sweden
Coordinates 63°35′54″N 16°07′18″E / 63.598459°N 16.121793°E / 63.598459; 16.121793Coordinates: 63°35′54″N 16°07′18″E / 63.598459°N 16.121793°E / 63.598459; 16.121793
Purpose Power
Status Operational
Opening date 1954
Owner(s) E.ON
Operator(s) E.ON
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Concrete buttress dam
Impounds Faxälven
Spillway type Over the dam
Power station
Commission date 1954
Hydraulic head 49.5 m
Turbines 3 Francis-type
Installed capacity 112 MW
Annual generation 536 GWh

Storfinnforsen Hydroelectric Power Station (Swedish: Storfinnforsens kraftverk) is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power station on the Faxälven, in Västernorrland County, Sweden.

The power plant was operational in 1953[1] (or 1954).[2] It is owned and operated by E.ON.[1][2]

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.[3]

Power plant

The power plant contains 3 Francis turbine-generators. The total nameplate capacity is 112[2] (or 132[1]) MW. Its average annual generation is 536 GWh. The hydraulic head is 49.5 m.[1]

See also

"Storfinnforsen Dam". Wikimapia. Retrieved 2016-06-15. 

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Storfinnforsen" (in Swedish). vattenkraft.info. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  2. 1 2 3 "Facts & Figures" (PDF). E.ON. p. 24. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  3. ↑ "Simulation of Crack Propagation in Concrete Hydropower Dam Structures" (PDF). betongforeningen.se. p. 2. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
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