Saksenvik power plant

The Saksenvik hydropower plant consists of a turbine and generator with an installed capacity of 2.5 MW, and with foundations, power cables, transformers, a control facility, penstocks, a power station and other facilities in accordance with descriptions given in connection with NVE’s licensing pursuant to the Norwegian Water Resources Act, granted on 19 November 2004. The power plant was built with an intake at elevation 50 and a power station at elevation 10. A pipeline route of 530 metres and a production of approx. 5.6 GWh.

Technical data

Rainfall field

67.1 km²

Minimum water flow

Summer: 200 l/s

Intake elevation

50 m

Power station elevation

10,0 m

Drop height

40 m

Production

6.4 GWh
This corresponds to electricity 400 households.