Hylen Hydroelectric Power Station
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The Hylen Power Station is a hydroelectric
power station
located at the bottom of Hylsfjord
in Suldal
, Rogaland
, Norway, operated by Statkraft
. It operates at an installed capacity of , with an average annual production of 583 GWh. The plant exploits water through a tunnel from the lake Suldalsvatnet.
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 at the bottom of Hylsfjord
Hylsfjord
Hylsfjord is a fjord in the municipality Suldal in Rogaland, Norway. It is a 20 km long branch of the fjord Boknafjord. The Hylen Hydroelectric Power Station is located in the inner end of Hylsfjord.-References:...
in Suldal
Suldal
Suldal is a municipality in the northeast of Rogaland county, Norway located in the Ryfylke historically traditional district. Sand i Ryfylke is a the administrative center of Suldal....
, Rogaland
Rogaland
is a county in Western Norway, bordering Hordaland, Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder. It is the center of the Norwegian petroleum industry, and as a result of this, Rogaland has the lowest unemployment rate of any county in Norway, 1.1%...
, Norway, operated by Statkraft
Statkraft
Statkraft is a Norwegian state owned electricity company. With a total energy production of 44.9 TWh in 2007, the Statkraft Group is the third largest energy producer in the Nordic region, as well as the largest energy producer based on renewable energy sources in Europe,consisting of 40% of the...
. It operates at an installed capacity of , with an average annual production of 583 GWh. The plant exploits water through a tunnel from the lake Suldalsvatnet.