Flørli Hydroelectric Power Station

Dam in Flørli, Sandnes

Flørli Hydroelectric Power Station

Flørli old (front) and new (rear) Hydroelectric Power Station

Official name| Flørli kraftverk
Country| Norway
Location| Flørli, Sandnes
Coordinates| 59°00′56″N 6°25′58″E﻿ / ﻿59.01543°N 6.43283°E﻿ / 59.01543; 6.43283
Status| Operational
Construction began| 1917
Opening date| 1918; 106 years ago (1918)
Owner(s)| Lyse Energi
Reservoir
Creates| Store Flørvatnet
Power Station
Hydraulic head| 777 m
Installed capacity| 80 MW
Capacity factor| 41.4%
Annual generation| 290 GW·h

The Flørli Power Station  is a hydroelectric power station located on the shores of Lysefjord in the municipality Sandnes in Rogaland, Norway. The station was built in 1918 as the first in Lysefjord, from where it delivered power to Stavanger.[1] The turbine hall was built in 1917 in Jugendstil, it is 80 m long, 9 m wide and stands 12 m tall. The water was supplied via two penstocks along which were built a cabled railway and a wooden stairway with 4,444 steps.[2][3]

In 1999 a new power station with new penstocks was built into the mountain next to the old one which was decommissioned. The new station can generate 80 MW power and has an average annual production of 290 GWh.[4]

* One penstock and one rail of the cabled railway from the old power station

* Front view of the old power station

* Inside the new power station with the control room behind the windows

## See also[edit]

* Norway portal
* Water portal
* Renewable energy portal

* Lysebotn Hydroelectric Power Station

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Historikk" [History]. nve.no (in Norwegian). 2016-01-13. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
2. ^ "Om Flørli". florli.no. Archived from the original on 2007-07-02. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
3. ^ "Teknisk utførelse" [Technical Realisation]. nve.no (in Norwegian). 2016-01-25. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
4. ^ "Flørli power plant". lysekonsern.no. Retrieved 2017-03-18.

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