Svelgfoss Hydroelectric Power Station | |
Name Official: | Svelgfoss kraftverk |
Coordinates: | 59.5814°N 9.2572°W |
Country: | Norway |
Location: | Notodden |
Status: | O |
Owner: | Norsk Hydro |
Plant Hydraulic Head: | 70 m |
Plant Turbines: | 2 |
Plant Capacity: | 92 |
Plant Capacity Factor: | 64.9% |
Plant Annual Gen: | 523 |
The Svelgfoss Power Station is a hydroelectric power station located at the Tinnelva river in Notodden, Telemark, Norway. It operates at an installed capacity of, with an average annual production of about 500 GWh.[1]
At its commissioning in 1907, the power station was the largest in Europe and the second largest at the world. It was used to provide electric power to the fertilizer plant in Notodden.[2] In July 2015, the whole complex, the Rjukan–Notodden Industrial Heritage Site, was designated a World Heritage Site.[3]