Storfinnforsen Hydroelectric Power Station

Dam in Västernorrland County, Sweden

63°35′54″N 16°07′18″E / 63.598459°N 16.121793°E / 63.598459; 16.121793PurposePowerStatusOperationalOpening date1954Owner(s)E.ONOperator(s)E.ONDam and spillwaysType of damConcrete buttress damImpoundsFaxälvenSpillway typeOver the damCommission date1954Hydraulic head49.5 mTurbines3 Francis-typeInstalled capacity112 MWAnnual 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

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

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]

External links

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

References

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