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Vargfors Hydroelectric Power Station

Coordinates: 65°01′18″N 19°41′09″E / 65.021708°N 19.685783°E / 65.021708; 19.685783
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Vargfors Hydroelectric Power Station
Vargfors Hydroelectric Power Station is located in Sweden
Vargfors Hydroelectric Power Station
Location of Vargfors Hydroelectric Power Station in Sweden
Official nameVargfors kraftstation
LocationVästerbotten County, Sweden
Coordinates65°01′18″N 19°41′09″E / 65.021708°N 19.685783°E / 65.021708; 19.685783
PurposePower
StatusOperational
Opening date1961
Owner(s)Vattenfall
Operator(s)Vattenfall
Dam and spillways
Type of damConcrete arch dam
ImpoundsSkellefte River
Commission date1961
Hydraulic head49 m
Turbines1 Francis- and 1 Kaplan turbine
Installed capacity122 MW
Annual generation452 GWh

Vargfors Hydroelectric Power Station (Swedish: Vargfors kraftstation) is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power plant on the Skellefte River in Västerbotten County, Sweden. About 15 km southwest of Vargfors is the urban area Norsjö.

The power plant was operational in 1961. It is owned and operated by Vattenfall.[1][2]

Dam

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Vargfors Dam consists of one concrete arch dam and two additional embankment dams.

Power plant

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The power plant contains 1 Francis- and 1 Kaplan turbine-generator. The total nameplate capacity is 122 MW. Its average annual generation is 452 GWh. The hydraulic head is 49 m.[1] Maximum flow is 136 m³/s.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Vargfors" (in Swedish). vattenkraft.info. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  2. ^ a b "Vargfors". Vattenfall. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
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