Forså Hydroelectric Power Station
The Forså Hydroelectric Power Station ( no, Forså kraftverk or ''Forså kraftstasjon'') is a hydroelectric power station in the municipality of Gildeskål in Nordland county, Norway. Part of the plant's catchment area also lies in the municipality of Beiarn. The plant utilizes a drop of between two lakes: '' Litle Sokumvatnet'' (also no, Lille Sokumvann, smj, Såhkamjávrásj), which is linked to ''Namnlausvatnet'' and is regulated between an elevation of and , and ''Øvre Nævervatnet'' ( smj, Båssjukjávrre), which is regulated between an elevation of and . The plant has one turbine with an installed capacity of and an average annual production of about 48 GWh. Its catchment area is . The plant was originally built by Norsk Hydro to supply industry at Glomfjord and is now owned by Salten Kraftsamband. It came into operation in 1963. The water that leaves the plant is later reused by the Sundsfjord Hydroelectric Power Station The Sundsfjord Hydroelectric Power ...
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Nordland
Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to the south-east, and the Atlantic Ocean (Norwegian Sea) to the west. The county was formerly known as ''Nordlandene amt''. The county administration is in the town of Bodø. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen has been administered from Nordland since 1995. In the southern part of the county is Vega, listed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list. Districts The county is divided into traditional districts. These are Helgeland in the south (south of the Arctic Circle), Salten in the centre, and Ofoten in the north-east. In the north-west lie the archipelagoes of Lofoten and Vesterålen. Geography Nordland is located along the northwestern coast of the Scandinavian pe ...
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