Botnur Power Plant

The Botnur power plant (Faroese: Elektrisitetsverkið í Botni) is a hydroelectric power station supplying the Faroe Islands' southernmost island of Suðuroy with electricity. It is located to the north of Vágur. Botnur was the first hydroelectric plant built in the Faroes.[1][2][3]

Botnur power plant
The Botnur hydroelectric plant,
with its two water supply pipes.
Botnur Power Plant is located in Denmark Faroe Islands
Botnur Power Plant
Location in the Faroe Islands
Official nameElektrisitetsverkið í Botni
Coordinates61.4863°N 6.8695°W / 61.4863; -6.8695
StatusOperational
Power Station
Operator(s)SEV
Commission date18 July 1921 (1921-07-18)
Turbines1 X 1.1 MW Pelton-type
1 X 2.2 MW Pelton-type
Installed capacity3.3 MW

The plant was built by the municipality of Vágur, partly to power the ship cableway in Vágseiði.[4] It became operational on 18 July 1921.[2][3][5] In 1960, the plant was acquired by SEV from Suðuroyar Elverk.[2]

The plant is equipped with two turbines. One is a 1.1 MW Pelton turbine, commissioned in 1965, and it is supplied by water from the Ryskivatn lake, which is again supplied by the Miðvatn lake at 345m altitude, holding 550,000 m3 of water.[6] The other is a 2.2 MW Francis turbine, commissioned in 1966,[2][3] supplied from the Vatnsnes lake (Vatnsnesvatn)[2] at 177m altitude, holding 725,000 m3 of water.[6] Botnur is an unmanned plant; it is operated from the Vágsverkið (also called Heimaru Oyrar) power plant.[3]

References
  1. SEV.fo, The Hydro Electric Power Plant in Botnur
  2. "The Hydro Electric Power Plant in Botnur". SEV. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  3. Mikladal, Poul A. (December 2005). Sustainable energy in the Faroe Islands — the role of hydropower (PDF) (Report). Burðardygg El Orka. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  4. Tráðbanin (archive)
  5. Kampp, Aa. H. (1970). "The Sources of Energy and Manufacturing Industries of the Faroes". Inter Nord (11): 45. On Suduroy, the supply of current to Vâgur from the hydro-electric power station in Botnur was begun in 1921.
  6. Ludescher-Huber, Franziska (November 2013). "Wind power based pumped storage on Suðuroy" (PDF). p. 7. Retrieved 2 April 2019.


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