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Hardeland power station

Etne Municipality, Norway

Hardeland hydroelectric power station is a power plant in Etne Municipality in western Norway. The site is owned and operated by Haugaland Kraft. The station uses water from two sets of reservoirs. Hardeland H is a 400 m vertical fall from Løkjelsvatnet, while Hardeland K uses Grindheimsvatnet, Ilsvatnet, Basurde-/Krokavatnet and Hjørnås via a 305 m fall from the Hjørnås lake. Hardeland is connected to the grid with a 22 kV line to Litledalen. The site uses three pelton wheels with 14 MW generators, and average yearly output is 123 GWh.

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