The Svorka Hydroelectric Power Station ( no, Svorka kraftverk) is a

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in the municipality of

Surnadal Surnadal () is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Skei. Other villages in Surnadal include Glærem, Mo, Stangvik, Surnadalsøra, Sylte, Todalsøra ...

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; en, Møre and Romsdal) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the town of Molde, while Ålesund is the ...

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.''Store norske leksikon'': Svorka kraftverk.
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/ref> It is located about northeast of the village of

Bøverfjorden Bøverfjorden (sometimes Bæverfjord or Bøverfjord) is a village in the municipality of Surnadal in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It lies on the shore of Hamnesfjord along County Road 65 where the Bøvra River empties into the fjord. Name ...

. It utilizes a drop of from the lake ''Langvatnet'', which is regulated between and , to the

Bøvra The Bøvra, also known as the Bævra, is a river in the municipality of Surnadal in Møre og Romsdal county and in the municipalities of Rindal and Heim in Trøndelag county, Norway. The long river runs through the Bøver Valley and empties into ...

River. The Svorka River is also regulated for the plant. Its catchment area is . Water is also transferred from several lakes: ''Litlbøvervatnet'' is regulated between and , ''Solåsvatnet'' and ''Geitøyvatnet'' are regulated between and , and ''Andersvatnet'' is regulated between and . The plant has a

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and operates at an installed capacity of , and has an average annual production of about 111 GWh. The plant came into operation in 1963 and is owned 50% each by Svorka Energi and

Statkraft Statkraft AS is a hydropower company, fully owned by the Norwegian state. The Statkraft Group is a generator of renewable energy, as well as Norway’s largest and the Nordic region's third largest energy producer. Statkraft develops and generates ...

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{{reflist Hydroelectric power stations in Norway Surnadal Energy infrastructure completed in 1963