Nygårds Power Station is a hydroelectric power plant in Storelva in Narvik Municipality. It has a power output of 25 megawatts (34,000 hp) generated by three vertical Francis turbines.[1] Originally, it was used also for the generation of single phase AC for the railway, but today only three phase AC is produced.
| Nygårds Power Station | |
|---|---|
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| Official name | Nygård kraftverk |
| Country | Norway |
| Location | Narvik Municipality |
| Coordinates | 68°28′33″N 17°37′33″E / 68.47583°N 17.62583°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Opening date | 1932 |
| Owner(s) | Nordkraft |
| Upper reservoir | |
| Creates | Trollvatn |
| Lower reservoir | |
| Creates | Rombaksfjorden (Norwegian Sea) |
| Power Station | |
| Hydraulic head | 250-259 m[1] |
| Turbines | 3 |
| Installed capacity | 25 MW |
| Capacity factor | 50.3% |
| Annual generation | 110 GW·h |
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References
edit- ^ a b "Nygård power plant". nordkraft.no. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
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