Glomfjord power plant

Glomfjord power plant
Glomfjord power plant
Official name Glomfjord kraftverk
Country Norway
Location Glomfjord
Coordinates 66°47′47″N 13°59′45″E / 66.79639°N 13.99583°E / 66.79639; 13.99583Coordinates: 66°47′47″N 13°59′45″E / 66.79639°N 13.99583°E / 66.79639; 13.99583
Status Operational
Construction began 1918
Commission date 1920 (1920)
Owner(s) Statkraft
Pumped-storage power station
Upper reservoir Nedre Navervatn
Lower reservoir Norwegian Sea
Hydraulic head 464 m
Generating units 1 × 20 MW
Pump-generators 0
Pumps 0
Power generation
Make and model Pelton wheel
Units decommissioned 5 × 20 MW
Nameplate capacity 20 MW
Capacity factor 48.5%
Annual net output 85 GW·h

Glomfjord power plant is a 6×20 MW hydroelectric power plant in Glomfjord in the municipality of Meløy in Nordland county, Norway. It gets its water from Nedre Navervatn lake which is located about 465 meters above sea level, but there are plans to start taking water from Fykanvatn lake as well. The outlet of the plant is Glomfjorden (the Norwegian Sea). ).

The plant is currently owned by Statkraft.

The power plant is located at the bottom of Glomfjord.

History

The power plant was built in 1918 to a design by the architect Olaf Nordhagen. In 1942, during the Second World War, an Anglo-Norwegian raid, Operation Musketoon, attacked the German-held power plant.

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