Hakavik Power Station

Hakavik Power Station is a 7 MW hydroelectric power plant at Øvre Eiker in Buskerud, Norway, located 25 metres above sea level.

Hakavik Power Station
Hakavik Power Station
Official name	Hakavik kraftverk
Country	Norway
Coordinates	59°37′29″N 9°57′13″E
Status	Operational
Opening date	1922; 103 years ago (1922)
Power Station
Hydraulic head	389 m
Turbines	2 × 3.5 MW
Installed capacity	7 MW
Capacity factor	34.2%
Annual generation	21 GW·h

Instruments control room

The power station was inaugurated in 1922. It generates only railway traction current, single phase 55 kV at 16 2/3 hertz. The station is the starting point of a powerline to Sande and another to Sundhaugen Switching Station, where a 55 kV-line to Asker and another one to Neslandsvatn over Nordagutu and Skollenberg departs.^[1][2] The only other power station in Norway to do this is Kjofossen Power Station.

See also

• Norway portal
• Water portal
• Renewable energy portal

• Kjofossen Power Station