Melkefoss hydroelectric station | |
Name Official: | Melkefoss Kraftverk |
Dam Crosses: | Paatsjoki River |
Location: | Sør-Varanger Municipality, Finnmark, Norway |
Operator: | Pasvik Kraft |
Res Capacity Total: | 2584000000m2 |
Melkefoss power station is a hydro electric dam on the Paatsjoki river in the Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark, Norway.
The power station, which is owned by Pasvik Kraft, makes use of a fall of 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 26MW. Mean yearly production at the dam is 129GWh.