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Storfinnforsen Hydroelectric Power Station

Coordinates: 63°35′54″N 16°07′18″E / 63.598459°N 16.121793°E / 63.598459; 16.121793
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Storfinnforsen Hydroelectric Power Station
Storfinnforsen Hydroelectric Power Station is located in Sweden
Storfinnforsen Hydroelectric Power Station
Location of Storfinnforsen Hydroelectric Power Station in Sweden
Official nameStorfinnforsens kraftverk
LocationVästernorrland County, Sweden
Coordinates63°35′54″N 16°07′18″E / 63.598459°N 16.121793°E / 63.598459; 16.121793
PurposePower
StatusOperational
Opening date1954
Owner(s)E.ON
Operator(s)E.ON
Dam and spillways
Type of damConcrete buttress dam
ImpoundsFaxälven
Spillway typeOver the dam
Commission date1954
Hydraulic head49.5 m
Turbines3 Francis-type
Installed capacity112 MW
Annual generation536 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

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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

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Storfinnforsen" (in Swedish). vattenkraft.info. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  2. ^ a b c "Facts & Figures" (PDF). E.ON. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-28. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  3. ^ "Simulation of Crack Propagation in Concrete Hydropower Dam Structures" (PDF). betongforeningen.se. p. 2. Retrieved 2016-06-15.