Forså Hydroelectric Power Station

Forså Power Station
Location in Nordland county
Official name Forså kraftverk
Country Norway
Location Gildeskål, Nordland
Coordinates 66°57′05″N 14°13′31″E / 66.95139°N 14.22528°E / 66.95139; 14.22528Coordinates: 66°57′05″N 14°13′31″E / 66.95139°N 14.22528°E / 66.95139; 14.22528
Status Operational
Owner(s) Salten Kraftsamband

The Forså Hydroelectric Power Station (Norwegian: Forså kraftverk or Forså kraftstasjon)[1] is a hydroelectric power station in the municipality of Gildeskål in Nordland county, Norway.[2][3] Part of the plant's catchment area also lies in the municipality of Beiarn.[2]

Øvre Nævervatnet is one of the reservoirs for the Forså power station. Part of another lake supplying the plant, Namnlausvatnet, lies in the foreground.

The plant utilizes a drop of 266 meters (873 ft)[1] between two lakes: Litle Sokumvatnet (also Norwegian: Lille Sokumvann,[1] Lule Sami: Såhkamjávrásj[4]), which is linked to Namnlausvatnet and is regulated between an elevation of 645 m (2,116 ft) and 637 m (2,090 ft),[2] and Øvre Nævervatnet (Lule Sami: Båssjukjávrre),[5] which is regulated between an elevation of 604 m (1,982 ft) and 580 m (1,900 ft).[2]

The plant has one turbine with an installed capacity of 12 MW and an average annual production of about 48 GWh.[1] Its catchment area is 25.5 square kilometers (9.8 sq mi).[1] The plant was originally built by Norsk Hydro to supply industry at Glomfjord and is now owned by Salten Kraftsamband.[2] It came into operation in 1963.[1][2] The water that leaves the plant is later reused by the Sundsfjord Hydroelectric Power Station.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 SKS produksjon: Forså.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Store norske leksikon: Forså kraftverk.
  3. ↑ Norges Vassdrags- og Energiverk (NVE). 2016. Utbygd vannkraft i Norge pr. 01.01.1990. Oslo, p. 42.
  4. ↑ "Litle Sokumvatnet, Gildeskål (Nordland)" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Øvre Nævervatnet, Beiarn (Nordland)" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
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