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Tyssedal Hydroelectric Power Station

Ullensvang Municipality, Norway

The 2671st largest power station in the world

89 MW · Capacity

The Tyssedal Power Station (Tyssedal kraftanlegg) is a hydroelectric power station and museum located in Tyssedal in Ullensvang Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The station was designed by architect Thorvald Astrup. It started production in 1906 and operated at a combined installed capacity of 100 megawatts (130, 000 hp) from 1918, with an average annual production of 700 gigawatt-hours (2, 500 TJ). The plant was protected by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage in 2000, and is part of the Norwegian Museum of Hydropower and Industry. The power station was added to the list of priority technical and industrial cultural heritage by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. It is an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH).

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