Strandavatnet is a lake in
Hol municipality,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
. The lake covers an area of , and lies above sea level.'
The lake is a reservoir for the Rud hydroelectric powerstation in
Hovet, Buskerud
Hovet is a mountain village in Hol, Buskerud, Norway.
Hovet is located between Strandavatnet and Hovsfjorden. Hovet is the site of Hovet Chapel (''Hovet kapell''). The church is located in the south-east slope of a hill that shoots out into t ...
. In 1952/1953 a dam was constructed which lifted the lake level 28 meters, thus the lake varies between 950 and 978 m above sea level.
First rock filling dam in Norway
The dam in the Strandavatnet was the first rock filling (embankment) dam in Norway. You can see the dam on your left hand side from FV 50 at Myrland (the road to Raggsteindalen goes over the dam). The Hol 1 power station, in
Hovet, Buskerud
Hovet is a mountain village in Hol, Buskerud, Norway.
Hovet is located between Strandavatnet and Hovsfjorden. Hovet is the site of Hovet Chapel (''Hovet kapell''). The church is located in the south-east slope of a hill that shoots out into t ...
utilizes water from two watercourses, Urunda, where Strandavatnet, is the intake reservoir, and Votna where Varaldset is the intake reservoir. Stolsvatnet is the biggest and highest reservoir in the Votna watercourse. See figure below.
[E-CO energi]
Overview of two watercourses
Photos
A frozen Strandavatnet.jpg, A frozen Strandavatnet
Surroundings of Strandavatnet.jpg, Surroundings Strandavatnet
Strandavatnet, and the Hallingskarvet mountain area..jpg, View on Hallingskarvet National Park
Strandavatnet.jpg, Strandavatnet
Powerstation, Hovet.jpg, Powerstation, Hovet
Electricity transport, from Hovet to Oslo.jpg, Green energy to Oslo
Sources
E-Co Energi
References
Hol
Lakes of Viken (county)
Reservoirs in Norway
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