Aurland Hydroelectric Power Station
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The Aurland Power Station is a hydroelectric
power station
located in the municipality Aurland
in Sogn og Fjordane
, Norway, owned by E-CO Energi
. It consists of five facilities, Aurland I, Aurland II, Aurland III, Reppa and Vangen, and operates at a combined installed capacity of , with an average annual production of 2,869 GWh. The construction works were initiated in 1969, and the first production from Aurland I started in 1973.
Hydroelectricity
Hydroelectricity is the term referring to electricity generated by hydropower; the production of electrical power through the use of the gravitational force of falling or flowing water. It is the most widely used form of renewable energy...
power station
Power station
A power station is an industrial facility for the generation of electric energy....
located in the municipality Aurland
Aurland
Aurland is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center is the village of Aurlandsvangen. Other villages include Bakka, Flåm, Undredal, and Gudvangen....
in Sogn og Fjordane
Sogn og Fjordane
is a county in Norway, bordering Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland. The county administration is in the town of Hermansverk in Leikanger municipality while the largest town is Førde....
, Norway, owned by E-CO Energi
E-CO Energi
E-CO Energi is a Norwegian power company and after Statkraft the second largest producer of electricity in Norway.-Structure:E-CO is wholly owned by the City of Oslo. Operations are divided into E-CO Vannkraft, E-CO Norne and Oslo Lysverker...
. It consists of five facilities, Aurland I, Aurland II, Aurland III, Reppa and Vangen, and operates at a combined installed capacity of , with an average annual production of 2,869 GWh. The construction works were initiated in 1969, and the first production from Aurland I started in 1973.