Storfinnforsen Hydroelectric Power Station | |
Name Official: | Storfinnforsens kraftverk |
Location Map: | Sweden |
Coordinates: | 63.5985°N 16.1218°W |
Location: | Västernorrland County, Sweden |
Purpose: | Power |
Status: | O |
Opening: | 1954 |
Owner: | E.ON |
Operator: | E.ON |
Dam Type: | Concrete buttress dam |
Dam Crosses: | Faxälven |
Spillway Type: | Over the dam |
Plant Commission: | 1954 |
Plant Hydraulic Head: | 49.5 m |
Plant Turbines: | 3 Francis-type |
Plant Capacity: | 112 MW |
Plant Annual Gen: | 536 GWh |
Storfinnforsen Hydroelectric Power Station (Swedish: Storfinnforsens kraftverk|links=no) is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power station on the Faxälven, in Västernorrland County, Sweden.
The power plant was operational in 1953 (or 1954). It is owned and operated by E.ON.
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.
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.
Web site: Storfinnforsen Dam. Wikimapia. 2016-06-15.