The Sjønstå Hydroelectric Power Station ( or ''Sjønstå kraftstasjon'')SKS produksjon: Sjønstå.
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hydroelectric Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is Electricity generation, electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies 15% of the world's electricity, almost 4,210 TWh in 2023, which is more than all other Renewable energ ...

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Fauske Municipality or is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality located in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Fauske (t ...

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. It is located about south-southwest of Sjønstå. It utilizes a drop of in the

Sjønstå River The Sjønstå River (, known as the ''Langvasselva'' in its upper course) is a river in Fauske Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The river is located in the valley between the Fauske (town), town of Fauske and the village of Sulitjelma. ...

between '' Langvatnet'' (Long Lake) and ''

Øvervatnet Øvervatnet is a meromictic lake (containing anoxic seawater at depth of and below) located in Fauske Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The lake is situated about east of the town of Fauske. Its water is fresh down to depths of . From t ...

'' (Upper Lake). The plant is a river power station without its own reservoir. It also draws water from the Tverr River and one stream intake. The plant has two 35 MW

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s for an installed capacity of , with an average annual production of about 282 GWh. It is owned by

Salten Kraftsamband Salten Kraftsamband or SKS is a Norwegian power company that operates eight hydroelectric power stations with annual production of 1,770 GWh. Since 1997 the company has also sold power to end-users. Head offices are located in Fauske. The com ...

and came into operation in 1983.''Årsmelding 1980''. 1981. Oslo: Direktoratet for statens skoger, p. 7. The plant reuses water that was previously utilized by the

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and Fagerli hydroelectric power stations.

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Hydroelectric power stations in Norway Fauske Energy infrastructure completed in 1993 1983 establishments in Norway {{hydroelectric-power-plant-stub

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