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The history of Kveaså
The Kveaså river is a tributary of the Otra river. The river is located on the east side of Setesdalen and comes down midway between Rysstad and Valle in Valle municipality. Kveaså begins at a height of approx. 1200 metres at the watershed towards Fyresdal. The rainfall field thus covers parts of the eastern Setesdal hills and contains several larger bodies of water, the Ljomsvann lake, Asslandsvatnet lake and Rossevatnet lake. From the top, the river runs narrowly through the valley and ends its journey precipitously down towards Otra. There was once a path along Kveaså to the cabins on the hills. Today, people use the road that passes Bjørgum to get here. The old postal road from 1844 goes past the river, and you can still see the remains of this today. In earlier times, power from Kveaså was used to run the mill house, to the benefit of the surrounding farms.
The project
After a lengthy assessment, the landowners decided in April 2004 to collaborate with Småkraft on the development of Kveaså to produce clean energy. The project was granted a licence from NVE in 2007. After a lengthy period of work, the physical construction work began in February 2010 and was completed in December 2011.
